Los Angeles, (EFE) .- A court temporarily suspended the order of President Donald Trump to display the National Guard in the streets of Los Angeles, in the midst of the massive protests against migratory raids.
A federal judge ruled that Trump illegally federalized the National Guard on Saturday, when he ordered the deployment through the center of Los Angeles of some of his 2,000 soldiers to safeguard federal buildings and contain the massive protests. Two days later, the Republican president ordered to deploy another 2,000 additional uniformed.
“His actions were illegal, exceeding the scope of his statuteing authority and violating the tenth amendment of the United States Constitution. Therefore, he must return the control of the National Guard to the state governor immediately,” says the order shared by the governor of California, Gavin Newsom.
In this sense, the court “must determine if the President followed the procedure ordered by Congress for his actions,” says the letter.
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This decision is a victory for Newsom, which presented last Tuesday with the Attorney General of California, Rob Bonta, a lawsuit against Trump and the Secretary of Defense, Peter Hegseth, to reject the “illegal” and “federalization” action of the California National Guard at the hands of the central administration.
“The court has just confirmed what we all know: the army must be on the battlefield, not in the streets of the city,” Newsom held in an X message.
The White House and the Newsom government have been faced for days by Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to contain protests in Los Angeles against migratory raids, a measure that has received the rejection of both the protesters and the local authorities.
The demonstrations in Los Angeles began on Friday after the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) carried out a series of operations against several work centers and have been extended for several days.
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The total deployment of the 4,000 soldiers of the National Guard, to which some 700 Marines were added, will cost 134 million dollars that will cover transport, food, accommodation and other expenses up to a maximum of 60 days, according to figures shared by the Pentagon.
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