ABC7 News reporter Monica Madden was in the courtroom as a federal judge heard arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers to LA following June immigration raid protests.

After spending two days reviewing evidence, a California judge will use the third and last day of trial to examine the legality of the case.

Justice Department lawyers were in federal court Monday to defend the Trump administration’s deployment of Marines and California National Guard troops during violent anti-ICE demonstrations

A federal judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles.

Currently, 2,000 National Guard members and 700 US Marines remain deployed in LA, initially sent to protect federal buildings during anti-ICE protests.

A federal judge in San Francisco seemed unconvinced after a three-day trial that the continued deployment of federalized members of California’s National Guard — who were originally deployed to Los Angeles in response to protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda — is lawful.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, accounting for nearly half of the soldiers sent to the city to deal with protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Roughly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines have been in the city since early June. It wasn’t immediately clear what ...

If President Trump deploys troops to other American cities, experts say it would be a clear departure from founding principles and invite a legal challenge.