A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California.

The Trump administration is sending 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles after two days of isolated clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters.

Three-day trial will determine if the government violated a 19th century law that bars the military from civil law enforcement

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer.

In 1992, President George W. Bush used the Insurrection Act to call in the National Guard after deadly rioting broke out in Los Angeles following the beating of Rodney King.

LOS ANGELES -- Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard ...

National Guards are seen near the City Hall outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025 as Trump deployed National Guard amid protests over immigration ...

(Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times) The Trump administration is sending 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles after two days of isolated clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters.

In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.