Court rules Trump can keep control of National Guard troops deployed to LA amid anti-ICE riots
Federal State And Tribal Powers,Courts,Immigration,LA Immigration Protests,National Guard,Los Angeles,California,ICE,Donald Trump,Gavin Newsom
President Trump will maintain control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles to tamp down riots over federal immigration raids, an appeals court ruled Thursday — a move the commander in chief celebrated as a “big win.”
A lower court had previously ruled that Trump likely exceeded his constitutional authority by dispatching the soldiers despite opposition from California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — marking the first deployment of a state National Guard by the president without the governor’s permission since 1965...
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