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A federal judge in California has ruled President Trump's deployment of Marines at National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this year was illegal.

Steve Futterman reports.

In his ruling, federal judge Charles Breyer accuses Trump of creating a national police force

with the president as its chief. That the judge said is a violation of the Posse Comitatis Act.

The act which was enacted in 1878 greatly limits the military from being involved in any

domestic or civilian law enforcement. The judge ordered the remaining troops still deployed

not to take part in any arrests, apprehension, searches, seizures, traffic, and crowd control. However,

the order does not go into effect until September 12th to allow the Trump administration a chance to appeal.

Around 300 National Guard troops remain in the L.A. area while the Marines were withdrawn earlier.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Fetterman in Los Angeles.

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