A federal judge has rejected California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s petition to stop President Donald Trump from deploying troops to break up riots in Los Angeles.
Trump has been forced to call on the Marines and National Guard as protests against immigration enforcement have turned violent in recent days.
The president is attempting to restore law and order to Los Angeles while California resists such intervention.
Violent mobs have been rioting, looting, and destroying property over enforcement measures from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
However, as the violence spirals out of control, California and Los Angeles officials have been standing by.
Some have even accused the Democrat leadership of encouraging the riots.
California sued in what the Department of Justice (DOJ) called a “legally meritless” case because Trump tried to clean it up.
The DOJ contended that denying military intervention would be dangerous to federal law enforcement and Homeland Security.
Tuesday’s decision is not final as U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer scheduled a hearing for Thursday to further examine the matter, the Daily Caller reported.
Bryer refused to grant an emergency block but will hear more testimony from both sides before rendering a verdict.
Meanwhile, the chaos continues in Los Angeles.
Rather than containing the riots in Los Angeles, Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Trump administration.
The president deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to attempt to quell the violent unrest in the city.
The administration was prepared to send an additional 4,000 troops, including U.S. Marines, to address the issue.
Newsom and Bonta claim that this is an overreach of the federal government and of Trump’s authority.
Trump maintains that Newsom left him no choice.
He slammed Newsom in a post to Truth Social Monday, calling him “incompetent” because he was “unable to provide protection” against the “out of control mob of agitators, troublemakers, and/or insurrectionists.”
While Newsom complains about Trump’s action, the president said he had called the governor and urged him to “do a better job” to get a handle on the situation.
Newsom denies he ever spoke to Trump, claiming, “There was no call. Not even a voicemail.”
However, Trump responded by producing evidence that he spoke with Newsom on the phone.
BREAKING: Trump drops evidence of phone call between him and Gavin Newsom after Gavin claimed, "There was no call. not even a voicemail."
Gavin Newsom is a LIAR pic.twitter.com/6RwgKkSm7s
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 10, 2025
According to Fox News, the riots began because ICE agents launched raids on illegal immigrants in the sanctuary city.
It has sparked off days of looting, rioting, and vandalism that often include anti-American sentiments.
Predictably, Newsom is siding with the criminals.
“Instead of focusing on undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records and people with final deportation orders, a strategy that both parties have long supported, this administration is pushing mass deportations, indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families regardless of their roots or risk,” the governor had claimed.
The governor blames the use of the American military for the escalation.
“If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us are safe,” Newsom claimed.
However, as Vice President J.D. Vance pointed out, it’s Newsom’s support for illegal immigration that “allowed Los Angeles to turn into a war zone.”
In a post to X, Vance charged that Gavin and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass share the goal “to promote mass migration into our country.”
These riots have persisted because the leftists in California support the cause of illegal immigrants and don’t seem to mind mass destruction.
Trump has tried to stop the madness by invoking his power as president, but all the Democrats can do is cry foul.
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