The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.
Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.
A demonstration in Los Angeles’ civic center just before start of the city’s downtown curfew on Wednesday briefly turned chaotic with police in riot gear — many on horseback — charged at a group, striking them with wooden rods.
DHS police and National Guard protect the outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles.
National Guard and DHS police stand guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles.
Protesters against federal immigration raids gather outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.
The court said it would hold a hearing on the matter on Tuesday.
The ruling came only hours after a federal judge’s order was to take effect at noon Friday.
District Judge Charles Breyer ruled the Guard deployment was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment, which defines power between federal and state governments, and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.
The order applied only to the National Guard troops and not Marines who were also deployed to the LA protests.
The judge said he would not rule on the Marines because they were not out on the streets yet.
A group of 200 Marines will begin protecting federal property and personnel in downtown Los Angeles at noon Friday, said Maj.
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