A federal judge blocked the Trump government initiative to mobilize the National Guard in California to combat the crime.
Judge Charles Breyer, based in San Francisco, issued the order to the Northern District of California, according to the judicial process. He suspended the case until September 12, and it is likely that the Trump government appeals.
In June, Trump ordered 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 USA Marines from the US active to Los Angeles in response to protests against large -scale immigration operations in the second largest city in the country.
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Shipping increased tensions in the city and received criticism from the Democrats, who stated that Trump was using the military to stifle opposition to his rigid immigration policies.
The case raised new legal issues about the presidential authority.
The action filed by the Governor of California, Democrat Gavin Newsom, claimed that troops violate longtime US standards and the Comitatus Possession Law, which dramatically limits the use of federal troops to apply national law.
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In his opinion, Breyer stated that the evidence presented in the trial showed that the Trump government used troops and military vehicles to establish perimeters of protection, block traffic and control crowds.
“In short, the defendants violated the Comitatus Possession Law,” wrote Breyer.
The Trump government argued that the US Constitution allows presidents to use troops to protect employees and federal properties as an exception to the Comitatus Possession Law.
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In June, Breyer considered that the sending of the California National Guard by Trump was probably illegal and ordered the troops to be returned to the control of Newsom. This decision was reversed by the court of appeals of the 9th US circuit a week later.
The three -day trial, which ended on August 13, addressed the actions of the military after being highlighted to help federal police and immigration agents.
Separately, Trump sent the National Guard to patrol Washington, DC, a city he said he was full of crimes. Breyer’s decision is unlikely to have an impact on this situation, as the president has the most margin of maneuver to use the National Guard in Washington than in the states.
