The order, which takes effect at noon Friday, said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump's statutory authority.

The Justice Department claims California's request to limit the federal response to violent riots in Los Angeles would "countermand" the president's lawful military directives.

Border czar Tom Homan struggled to explain a 2020 clip of President Donald Trump saying it wouldn’t be legal for the president to call in the National Guard without a request from a governor. In response to demonstrations against federal immigration raids that began in Los Angeles on Friday,