A federal judge ruled Thursday evening that President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard in response to anti-immigration-enforcement protests in Los Angeles was “illegal.” Pending an immediate appeal by the Trump Administration,

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's move to deploy California National Guard troops during protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles, calling the move "illegal" and ordering the Trump administration to return the control of the California National Guard to the control of Gov.

U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer for the Northern District of California ruled that the decision to deploy the National Guard amounts to “serious injury to the constitutional balance of power between the federal and state governments, and it sets a dangerous precedent for future domestic military activity.”