A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration “willfully” violated federal law by deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles during immigration protests in early June.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco criticized the administration for using troops beyond their legal authority and raised concern about creating “a national police force with the President as its chief.”

The big picture: The ruling states the troops were improperly trained and engaged in unauthorized activities such as crowd control, arrests, searches, and traffic blockades. • Judge Breyer ordered the Trump administration to stop using National Guard troops to execute laws, effective September 12, but did not immediately require withdrawal of about 300 remaining troops in the are

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