A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California.

A federal judge in Los Angeles will soon decide on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and Marines to Los Angeles in June amid protests over immigration raids.

The Trump administration is releasing thousands of California National Guard troops from a federal mission in Los Angeles.

Deployments by troops from Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia will nearly double the force that Trump has deployed amid a crackdown on crime.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer.

Three-day trial will determine if the government violated a 19th century law that bars the military from civil law enforcement