Key points
- The court has stayed his order until Friday
- Protests over immigration crackdown first start in Los Angeles
- Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles
ISLAMABAD: The Trump administration slammed a judge’s “extraordinary intrusion” on presidential powers Thursday, after he ruled that the decision to send the California National Guard to protest-hit Los Angeles was “illegal.”
AP reported that the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.
A swift appeal
The court stayed his order until Friday, however, giving the administration time to launch a swift appeal.
Within minutes, the higher court issued its own ruling staying Breyer’s order for several more days to give it time to consider the appeal, with a hearing set for June 17.
The stay means Trump would still control the National Guard in California during protests planned for Saturday, AFP reported.
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Protests over the immigration crackdown first began in Los Angeles on Friday, and were largely confined to just a few blocks of the sprawling city.
Damages include vandalism, looting, clashes with law enforcement and several torched driverless taxis, AFP reported.
“Burning”
Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 US Marines to Los Angeles despite the objections of local officials, claiming that the city was “burning” and they had lost control.
It was the first time since 1965 that a US president deployed the National Guard over the wishes of a state’s governor.
Anger at Trump’s crackdown and the use of masked, armed immigration agents, backed by uniformed soldiers, is rousing protests in other cities, though Los Angeles was calm on Thursday night.
