A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California.

Three-day trial will determine if the government violated a 19th century law that bars the military from civil law enforcement

It’s been over a week since President Trump deployed National Guard troops and federal agents to our nation’s capitol in the name of cracking down on crime in the city. What do the laws allow?

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids this summer.

In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.