President Donald Trump violated federal law when he deployed military troops to Los Angeles, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday in a case brought by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The lawsuit challenged the deployment of thousands of National Guard members and U.S. Marines to Southern California following protests over immigration raids.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ordered the Trump administration to stop using the hundreds of National Guard troops still stationed in Los Angeles for policing activities such as arrests, searches, security patrols, traffic enforcement and crowd control.

The ruling won’t take effect until Sept. 12, giving the Trump administration time to appeal.

In his 52 page opinion, Breyer said evidence at trial clearly established that the armed soldiers were

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