The Ninth Circuit told Trump to pull the remaining California National Guard troops out of Los Angeles by Monday after finding the feds illegally kept them there way past when the immigration protests actually ended. About 100 soldiers are still hanging around, even though the peak deployment back in the summer had roughly 4,000 Guard members and 700 Marines stomping around the city. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is hyped that the military presence is finally ending after half a year of this mess.
The appeals court mostly backed a lower judge who said the whole thing was sketchy, but they paused the part that would have given Governor Gavin Newsom control of his troops back right away. The state sued when Trump first grabbed their National Guard, arguing local cops were handling the scattered protests just fine without turning LA into a military zone.
The appeals court mostly backed a lower judge who said the whole thing was sketchy, but they paused the part that would have given Governor Gavin Newsom control of his troops back right away. The state sued when Trump first grabbed their National Guard, arguing local cops were handling the scattered protests just fine without turning LA into a military zone.
