The appeals court issued its pause just hours after Judge Charles Breyer wrote that Trump’s “actions were illegal." The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case on June 17.

"Veterans ...agree that President Trump's takeover of Los Angeles is not only illegal – it poses a dangerous and serious risk to Americans," says Gov. Newsom.

National Guard members and Marines deployed to Los Angeles cannot perform law enforcement duties by law. That would change if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act.