SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta asked a judge to bar the Trump administration from using federalized National Guard and active-duty Marines for law enforcement purposes on the streets of Los Angeles.

“Defendants intend to use unlawfully federalized National Guard troops and Marines to accompany federal immigration enforcement officers on raids throughout Los Angeles. They will work in active concert with law enforcement, in support of a law enforcement mission, and will physically interact with or detain civilians," the request for an emergency court order says, calling the move a "deeply inflammatory and unnecessary provocation."

“In the United States, the police—and not the military—enforce the law,” the filing says.

The emergency filing does not seek to block what Trump had initially ordered the troops to do. "This motion does not seek to prevent any of those forces from protecting the safety of federal buildings or other real property owned or leased by the federal government, or federal personnel on such property," it says.

The filing asks the judge to take action Tuesday afternoon.

A federal judge in California scheduled a hearing for Thursday on the state's request for an emergency order to bar the Trump administration from using the military for immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles.

State officials asked U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer to issue a temporary restraining order Tuwsday, but he instead granted the Trump administration's request for more time to respond.

Breyer, the brother of retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, gave the administration until 2 p.m. ET tomorrow to file a response and said the plaintiffs could filed a reply Thursday morning ahead of the hearing.

Justice Department lawyers have contended that California's request for an emergency order is "legally meritless," while the state attorney general's office argued an order is necessary to combat Trump's "unlawful" actions.

Los Angeles mayor announces curfew amid protests against ICE raids

The curfew for downtown Los Angeles will begin at 8 p.m. and extend until 6 a.m. and will be in place for several days, Mayor Karen Bass said.

As immigration raids continue, anti-ICE protests spread coast to coast

As people continued to be arrested during immigration raids across the country Tuesday, protests that have roiled Los Angeles spread coast to coast, with people taking a stand against the detention and removal of suspected undocumented migrants.

Activists gathered in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and elsewhere, rebuking the Trump administration's tough stance against migrants and its aggressive round-up efforts, which Democratic leaders in California have said has contributed to a sense of fear across communities.

ICE prepares to deploy tactical agents to blue cities nationwide

ICE is preparing to deploy its Special Response Teams to five cities run by Democratic leaders, two sources familiar with the planning of the future operations told NBC News today.

The Special Response Teams (SRTs) are tactical units under ICE that use Bear Cat tracked vehicles, long guns and tactical vests in operations considered high risk. They were used in the raid on Sean "Diddy" Combs' home, for example.

They were most recently used in Los Angeles and are seen as among the reasons protests began.

The sources said the SRTs have been ordered to deploy in Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Northern Virginia and New York.

It is not clear that the raids in those cities will begin immediately, but all SRT units in those areas have been told to be ready to deploy, the sources said. (Source: NBC News)

Story Date: June 11, 2025