SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump's administration “willfully” violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in early June after immigration raids prompted days of protests, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

In a scathing ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco noted Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have stated their intention to deploy National Guard troops to other cities across the country, including Oakland and San Francisco, and that raises concerns they are “creating a national police force with the President as its chief.”

Breyer did not require the 300 remaining troops to be withdrawn but pointed out they received improper training and ordered Trump's Republican administration to stop using them “to execute the l

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