The state of California had sought to stop the president from sending National Guard troops without the governor’s approval.

A federal judge ruled Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard during the ICE riots was illegal and ordered control returned to Governor Gavin Newsom.

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer said he was “trying to figure out where the lines are drawn.”

Amid a storm of protest and arrests in downtown Los Angeles, immigration authorities appear to be intensifying operations across Southern California as federal officials vow to press ahead with a crackdown on workers and residents without proper documents.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass banded together with dozens of other mayors in the region to demand an end to the Trump administration's immigration raids.