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The governor of Illinois says he's still in the dark about where the Trump administration will send National Guard troops who have reported to an Army training site southwest of Chicago. Extra fencing and tarps have gone up to block the public's view at the Reserve Center in Elwood. President Donald Trump's threats to send troops to Illinois were fulfilled with the arrival this week of Texas National Guard members. Their exact role has not yet been publicly disclosed, though Trump has repeatedly claimed big cities run by Democrats are overwhelmed with crime.
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A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments on whether military troops deployed this summer by the Trump administration to Los Angeles violated a federal law that bars troops from conducting law enforcement duties within the country. Judge Charles Breyer will decide whether the Posse Comitatus Act, an 1878 law that prevents the president from using the military as a domestic police force, was violated by the 4,700 California National Guard members and Marines sent following protests. The case could set precedent for how Trump can deploy the guard in the future in California or other states.
A federal judge held a brief hearing over whether the Trump administration should continue its deployment of troops to Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer Breyer on Friday put off issuing any additional rulings after an appellate court on Thursday gave President Donald Trump a key procedural victory, saying he can keep control of the National Guard during California's legal challenge. Breyer instead asked for briefings from both sides on whether the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits troops from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil, is being violated in Los Angeles.
About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel. Some troops were seen outside a federal building by midday Friday. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed, said the Marines have finished training on civil disturbance and would begin operations at noon local time in Los Angeles. The Marines will help replace some of the 2,000 National Guard troops that have been on the streets of the city protecting federal property since last week when immigration raids set off protests. Marines were standing guard outside a federal building in Los Angeles midday Friday.
A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base, a move that could allow troops to detain any trespassers, including migrants. That's according to U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press. The transfer of that border zone to military control — and making it part of an Army installation — could allow the Trump administration to get around a federal law that prohibits U.S. troops from being used in domestic law enforcement on American soil, but one legal expert said the move is likely to be challenged in the courts.
