California National Guard unit basal extracurricular the Edward R. Roybal national gathering aft their deployment by U.S. President Donald Trump, successful effect to protests against migration sweeps, successful Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 8, 2025.
David Ryder | Reuters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a national justice Tuesday to rapidly artifact President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles to quell protests against immigration raids there.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta told U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer that a temporary restraining order against the deployments should beryllium issued by 1 p.m. PT to "prevent contiguous and irreparable harm to Plaintiffs."
Breyer did not assistance that request, but alternatively ordered Trump and his co-defendants to respond by Wednesday greeting astatine 11 a.m. PT.
Bonta had argued that without punctual relief, Trump's enactment poses "imminent harm to State Sovereignty, deprives the State of captious resources, escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civilian unrest."
Trump's lawyers successful a subsequent filing slammed the petition arsenic "legally meritless." They accused the plaintiffs of seeking a "dangerous" tribunal bid that would jeopardize the information of Homeland Security unit and "interfere with the Federal Government's quality to transportation retired operations."
Trump successful caller days has authorized the deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops to LA, with astir 700 Marines sent to LA to enactment those troops.
Newsom, successful a statement Tuesday connected the filing, said, "Sending trained warfighters onto the streets is unprecedented and threatens the precise halfway of our democracy."
"Donald Trump is behaving similar a tyrant, not a President," Newsom said. "We inquire the tribunal to instantly artifact these unlawful actions."
The Democratic governor's petition came a time aft helium sued the Republican president, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the Pentagon successful San Francisco national court.
The suit says Trump broke the instrumentality erstwhile helium federalized the California National Guard implicit the play without Newsom's consent oregon input. The ailment besides says Trump's actions are unwarranted and are stoking much fearfulness and civilian unrest successful LA.
Trump and medication officials importune that the standard of the protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations successful the metropolis justifies the deployments.
But Newsom's suit says that the caller unrest pales successful examination to past examples successful Los Angeles, including the 1992 riots aft the acquittal of constabulary officers charged successful the beating of motorist Rodney King.
Most of the protesters against the ICE raids person been engaged successful nonviolent enactment protected by the First Amendment, the suit said.
But "there person nary uncertainty been exceptions," including immoderate who person thrown things astatine instrumentality enforcement officers oregon acceptable fires to property, the suit notes.
However, the suit says that "at nary constituent successful the past 3 days has determination been a rebellion oregon an insurrection," contempt Trump's repeated claims to the contrary.
Trump connected Tuesday defended his determination to federalize the California Guard and nonstop successful the Marines.
"Look, if we didn't get progressive close now, Los Angeles would beryllium burning conscionable similar it was burning a fig of months ago," Trump said, referring to devastating wildfires that tore done swaths of the city.
"Los Angeles close present would beryllium connected fire, and we person it successful large shape," helium said.
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