The legal battle over the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard in California continued in a federal appeals court on Tuesday. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals presided over a remote hearing regarding California's challenge to President Donald Trump's federalization of the state's National Guard troops amid protests over immigration enforcement in the Los Angeles area.

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has heard arguments on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California.

The Donald Trump administration has maintained that the president has the power to appoint National Guard troops when there is a “rebellion” or “invasion”