Overview

• U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found the administration used armed soldiers and military vehicles for crowd control, traffic blocks, and other policing tasks in Los Angeles.
• The injunction forbids federal authorities from deploying, ordering, training, or using the California Guard for arrests, patrols, traffic stops, interrogations, or other civil security roles unless a valid legal exception applies.
• The case was brought in June by Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta, who argued the White House illegally federalized the state’s Guard.
• The ruling applies only to California, takes effect on Sept. 12, and leaves time for the administration to appeal, with reports indicating hundreds of Guard personnel still in Southern California.
• As litigation proceeds, Trump has signaled plans to intensify immigration enforcement in Chicago and has floated sending Guard troops, which Illinois leaders say they will challenge, while DHS says ICE operations will expand.