{"id":8194,"date":"2025-12-10T18:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/10\/us-federal-judge-halts-trumps-national-guard-operations-in-california-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:55:12","slug":"us-federal-judge-halts-trumps-national-guard-operations-in-california-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/12\/10\/us-federal-judge-halts-trumps-national-guard-operations-in-california-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"US federal judge halts Trump\u2019s National Guard operations in California &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>California Governor Gavin Newsom celebrates court victory against US President Donald Trump\u2019s extended National Guard presence in Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration\u2019s deployment of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/2\/us-judge-declares-trumps-military-deployment-to-los-angeles-illegal\">National Guard troops<\/a> to Los Angeles, California, ordering that they must be returned to the authority of the state governor.<\/p>\n<p>United States District Judge Charles Breyer rejected the government\u2019s claim that the deployment was necessary to quell protests against the administration\u2019s aggressive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/11\/you-dont-know-if-youll-return-home-immigration-raids-shake-los-angeles\">immigration raids<\/a> in a ruling on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/21\/us-judge-orders-end-to-trumps-deployment-of-troops-in-washington-dc\">US judge orders end to Trump\u2019s deployment of troops in Washington, DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/3\/trumps-anti-immigrant-policies-clash-with-promised-world-cup-unity\">Trump\u2019s anti-immigrant policies clash with promised World Cup \u2018unity\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/5\/trump-can-keep-national-guard-in-washington-dc-for-now-appeals-court\">Trump can keep National Guard in Washington, DC, for now: Appeals court<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one,\u201d Breyer said.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s deployments of the National Guard to cities across the country have often occurred despite resistance from state and local officials and in the absence of any serious emergency conditions.<\/p>\n<p>About 4,000 members of the California <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/8\/trump-deploys-national-guard-to-quell-protests-against-ice-in-los-angeles\">National Guard<\/a> were sent to Los Angeles in June without the governor\u2019s approval, while only about 100 remain there today. The government had argued that its presence was necessary to help protect federal officials and property, and had extended the deployment through February.<\/p>\n<p>Breyer\u2019s decision grants a preliminary injunction sought by California officials, but also places the decision on hold until Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has also clashed with California over efforts to deploy members of the state National Guard to the city of Portland in neighbouring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/5\/gov-newsom-says-trump-is-sending-california-national-guard-troops-to-oregon\">Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic officials such as California Governor Gavin Newsom have slammed the troop deployment as an authoritarian power grab meant to stifle dissent in cities seen as hubs of resistance to the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom\u2019s office reacted to the Wednesday ruling with a social media post celebrating \u201cAnother W (win) for Democracy, L (loss) for the rule of the Don.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US president has frequently used alarming language to attack Democrat-run cities and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/4\/from-mogadishu-to-minneapolis-somalis-reject-trumps-bigoted-remarks\">immigrant communities<\/a> as filthy and crime-infested, and has said that he could use the military more regularly to fight \u201cthe enemy within\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom celebrates court victory against US President Donald Trump\u2019s extended National Guard presence in Los Angeles. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration\u2019s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, California, ordering that they must be returned to the authority of the state governor. 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