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.

The Pentagon has formally deployed about 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles as California officials filed a lawsuit Monday against U.S. President Donald Trump in response to the administration's extraordinary deployment of the U.

Appeals court scrutinizes ruling that president unlawfully federalized the state’s force in Los Angeles, over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom.