A US appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that blocked the mobilisation.<\/p>\n
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019 decision does not mean that the court will ultimately agree with Trump, but it does leave the command of the Guard with the president for now.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Thursday, San Francisco-based US District Judge Charles Breyer found that Trump\u2019s deployment of the Guard was unlawful. Breyer\u2019s 36-page ruling had ordered the National Guard to return to the control of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who had brought the case.<\/p>\n
It was a short-lived victory for Newsom, as Breyer\u2019s order was paused about two and a half hours later. Asked for a comment, Newsom\u2019s press office referred to the governor\u2019s statement after the initial ruling and noted that the appeals court put a temporary pause on the ruling but did not reverse it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m confident, on the basis of the review of the 36 pages \u2014 absolutely it will stand,\u201d Newsom said of the district judge\u2019s order. Trump welcomed the ruling in a social media post on Friday.<\/p>\n
The three-judge appeals court panel consisted of two judges appointed by Trump in his first term and one judge who was appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden. The panel said it would hold a hearing on Tuesday to consider the merits of Breyer\u2019s order.<\/p>\n
The court\u2019s action called an administrative stay, gives the appeals judges additional time to consider the Trump administration\u2019s request to block Breyer\u2019s order while litigation in the case continues.<\/p>\n
Trump summoned the National Guard on Saturday in response to protests that had broken out over immigration raids, then on Monday ordered the US Marines to support the Guard.<\/p>\n
A battalion of 700 US Marines is expected to arrive on Friday, marking an extraordinary use of military forces to support civilian police operations within the United States.<\/p>\n
The troops have stood guard at a federal detention centre in downtown Los Angeles where many of the protests have taken place in a show of solidarity for immigrants detained inside. The protests so far have been mostly peaceful, punctuated by incidents of violence, and restricted to a few city blocks.<\/p>\n
The Guard had also accompanied Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on operations to detain immigrants.<\/p>\n
In his ruling, Breyer wrote that the presence of the troops in the city was itself inflaming tensions with protesters \u2014 a contention made by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, among others \u2014 and depriving the state of the ability to use the Guard for other purposes.<\/p>\n
Mayor wants ICE out of LA
\nBass on Thursday called on ICE officers to stand down from the intensified series of raids that led to the protests, saying the local economy could be harmed as immigrants stayed home from work and school for fear of being snatched off the streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe peace that we need to have happen needs to begin in Washington, and we need to stop the raids,\u201d Bass told a press conference as supporters flanking her broke out in a chant of \u201cStop the raids.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeace begins with ICE leaving Los Angeles,\u201d said Bass, who has imposed a nighttime curfew over one square mile (2.5 square km) of downtown LA.<\/p>\n
Bass spoke after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to \u201cliberate\u201d Los Angeles at a press conference that was dramatically interrupted when federal agents dragged Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla out of the room, forced him to the ground and handcuffed him.<\/p>\n
The court battle and press conference scuffle underscored the political polarisation generated by Trump\u2019s hardline approach to immigration enforcement and expansive use of presidential power.<\/p>\n
Trump is carrying out a campaign promise to deport immigrants, employing forceful tactics consistent with the norm-breaking political style that got him elected twice. Democrats have said the use of military force was unnecessary and an example of Trump\u2019s authoritarianism.<\/p>\n
Between the rulings, Newsom said the National Guard would be redeployed to its previous tasks, including border security, preparing for wildfires and countering drug smuggling.<\/p>\n
But the Trump administration immediately appealed the judge\u2019s order, calling Breyer\u2019s ruling \u201can extraordinary intrusion on the President\u2019s constitutional authority as Commander in Chief.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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