(Washington) A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration had violated federal law by deploying national guard troops during immigration control operations and demonstrations that accompanied them this summer in California.
Judge Charles Breyer considered that the administration of President Donald Trump had violated the federal law by sending troops to the Los Angeles region. San Francisco judge did not, however, demand the withdrawal of the remaining troops. He set the date of entry into force of his order on Friday.
This decision follows a complaint filed by California. The State said that the troops sent to Los Angeles during the summer violated a law which prohibited the application of national laws by the army. Lawyers of the Republican Administration argued that the law Posse comitatus did not apply, because the troops protected federal agents and did not apply the laws. They claimed that the troops were mobilized under an authority which allows the president to deploy them.
This decision comes as Trump spoke of the deployment of the National Guard in cities led by Democrats, such as Chicago, Baltimore and New York. He has already deployed custody as part of his unprecedented takeover of the police in Washington, DC, where the president exercises direct legal control.
