A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles during immigration enforcement and protests was illegal.

Judge Charles Breyer of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco issued the ruling, finding that the deployment was in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars most uses of U.S. troops on U.S. soil.

It is unlawful for U.S. military troops to enforce domestic laws. The Trump administration has argued that the troops were there to protect federal officers and property and they were not performing local policing duties.

“Once again, a rogue judge is trying to usurp the authority of the Commander-in-Chief to protect American cities from violence and destruction,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a message to

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