Court considers Trump’s California National Guard deployment
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Gavin Newsom on June 17 could determine whether Trump can keep control of the National Guard to protect immigration enforcement agents and suppress protesters in Los Angeles. A federal appeals court will hear arguments in San Francisco during a remote hearing regarding California's challenge to Trump's mobilization of the troops.
Gov. Newsom's legal team calls President Trump's arguments for deploying troops to Los Angeles "terrifying." The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday is hearing the case.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has heard arguments on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California.
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It comes amid protests in Los Angeles after Trump authorized the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the city.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Trump in an attempt to block the deployment of federal troops in the city, which Newsom has called a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”