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 three-judge panel sounded skeptical of California’s arguments that President Trump should return control of National Guard troops to the state.

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