A federal judge on Thursday granted California Gov. Gavin Newsom's request to block the Trump administration from federalizing the National Guard for deployment to Los Angeles amid protests over federal immigration raids. The administration filed a notice of appeal soon after the ruling.

The fight over the president’s takeover of California’s National Guard escalates, as a judge calls his actions ‘illegal.’ President Trump won a temporary victory Thursday night when a federal appeals court blocked a lower court judge’s order to return control of California’s National Guard to the state.

As federal agents step up immigration raids In Los Angeles... It’s not only sparking concern in immigrant communities, but in the business world as well. Immigrant labor is one of the backbones of Southern California’s economy with jobs ranging from agriculture to construction to hospitality.

Los Angeles has descended into chaos. A wave of ICE immigration raids has sparked mass protests, violent clashes with police, and nights of looting, fires, and fear. Now, President Trump has overridden Governor Gavin Newsom using a little-known legal loophole to send in the National Guard — and Marines are on the way.