President Donald Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California’s National Guard and must return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

California officials argue that President Trump exceeded his authority by federalizing the National Guard without the consent of Gov. Gavin Newsom and by deploying Marines on American soil.

Tony Thurmond, the state superintendent of public instruction said in a statement last week that the state will continue to follow California law, which protects all students’ access to

The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”

LOS ANGELES - President Donald Trump 's administration is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles County, FOX News reports. During the broadcast of FOX News' "The Big Weekend Show," U.S. border czar Tom Homan said the National Guard will be brought in at some point Saturday night.