LA protests live: Federal judge orders Trump to return control of National Guard to Newsom

California governor Gavin Newsom said Donald Trump “can’t push this state any longer” after a federal judge declared the president’s deployment of the National Guard unlawful.

“Today’s order makes clear that he is not above or beyond constitutional constraints,” Mr Newsom said at a press conference after the court issued its order.

“Today was really about a test of democracy and today, we passed that test.”

At least 400 protesters assembled outside of a Portland ICE detention center Thursday night, The New York Times reported.

The crowd chanted, “Say it loud and say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!”

“When ICE was first active in 2003, it was supposed to protect Americans and people living within the United States,” immigration attorney Michael Cataliotti told The Independent. “Not any more. These days, ICE is a tool being used to scare, arrest, detain, and fill up the prison systems under the guise of ‘Protecting America.’”

Cataliotti said that under previous administrations, ICE had more “humanity” compared to now. “This is astonishingly different,” the New York-based attorney said. “It’s a tremendous violation of norms, like going into churches, which were always considered off-limits, or, simply, assault and battery and reckless endangerment, when they’re driving cars into folks.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom slammed President Donald Trump, telling reporters Thursday night, “He creates a problem and then he tries to be a hero in his own Marvel movie.”

Newsom’s comments were in response to a reporter’s question about Trump admitting on Truth Social Thursday his “aggressive” immigration policy is deporting “very good, long time” farmers and that America “must protect our farmers.”

Here is the president’s full Truth Social post:

“Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace. In many cases the Criminals allowed into our Country by the VERY Stupid Biden Open Borders Policy are applying for those jobs. This is not good. We must protect our Farmers, but get the CRIMINALS OUT OF THE USA. Changes are coming!”

Starting 8 p.m. Pacific/11 p.m. Eastern, a curfew was enforced on Los Angeles for the third night.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Tuesday the curfew would be in effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time “to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting.”

She later said the curfew would remain in effect indefinitely.

According to New York Times reporter Orlando Mayorquin reporting from Los Angeles, local police were arresting the few protesters that remained after the curfew.

An appeals court has paused a judge’s ruling for President Donald Trump to return the thousands of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE raids back to California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Judge Charles R. Breyer had ruled Thursday night that Trump’s actions were “illegal,” and “he must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.”

The Trump administration appealed Breyer’s ruling, which led to the pause.

Protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration raids continued in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Notices reviewed by CNN warned the migrants that if they do not leave voluntarily, they could face enforcement measures including detention and removal, “without an opportunity to make personal arrangements and return to your country in an orderly manner.”

The humanitarian parole program, introduced by the Biden administration, granted eligible migrants permission to enter the United States on a two-year stay. Approximately 530,000 citizens from the four countries were allowed in under the program.

The Trump administration has criticized the program, claiming that it allowed “poorly vetted” migrants into the country. But the program does require applicants to pass background checks and secure a financial sponsor to ensure they would not become a public burden.

Andrea Cavallier reports.