Trump, National Guard and Los Angeles
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An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.
President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.
What the judge rules, and the likely appeals that follow, may alter decades of understanding about the roles of governors and the White House in quelling domestic unrest.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.