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Federal Judge Rules Trump Admin Broke the Law When Deploying Troops to Los Angeles

HeadlineSep 03, 2025

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles this summer to quell protests against immigration raids. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer raised concerns that the deployments are “creating a national police force with the President as its chief.”

The ruling comes as President Trump said, “We’re going in,” when asked about federal troop deployments to Chicago and Baltimore. He repeatedly called both cities a “hellhole.”

Yesterday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker was joined by Chicago officials when he reiterated his opposition to federal troops in the city.

Gov. JB Pritzker: “Trump and his team will be looking for any excuse to put active-duty military on our streets, supposedly to protect ICE. We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already begun staging the Texas National Guard for deployment in Illinois.”

We’ll speak to Democratic Congressman Chuy García of Chicago after headlines.

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