ByAlison Durkee,
Forbes Staff.
National Guard troops can no longer be deployed in Los Angeles while the case over their presence in the city is pending, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the Trump administration was keeping troops in the city “despite no evidence” that they are necessary and marking the latest legal blow to Trump’s military deployment in major U.S. cities.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer blocked the Trump administration from deploying troops in Los Angeles while litigation is pending and ordered the federal government to return control of California’s National Guard to the state’s Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Approximately 300 National Guard troops are still in the city, months after President Donald Trump first deployed the military in California, with Breyer ruling that the troops were staying in the city “despite no evidence that execution of federal law is impeded in any way—let alone significantly.”
