On June 10, a federal judge rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom's emergency request to prevent the Trump administration from immediately deploying military forces in Los Angeles.
This is a blow to the state's efforts to challenge the federal government's authority over domestic military operations.
District Court Judge Charles Breyer has refused to issue a temporary ban, which would immediately stop about 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines from patrolling the city.
Instead, Mr. Breyer gave the Trump administration until 2:00 p.m. on June 11 (local time) to respond to California's emergency petition.
The ruling comes after California officials argued that Trump's military deployment violated federal law, including the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits armed forces in the military from performing civil enforcement duties.
Newsom's petition says the military's presence has caused "immediate and irreparable damage" to state sovereignty.
Accordingly, federal government lawyers have refuted by calling Newsom's request "unfounded," arguing that blocking the implementation would be "unusual, unprecedented and dangerous."
According to the lawyer's argument, such an action would endanger the safety of the Department of Homeland Security staff and hinder the ability of the federal government to carry out its activities.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth then announced that the military mission would continue for 60 days at an estimated cost of 134 million USD. This is also one of the largest domestic military operations in recent years.
