Oakland, CA…California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Governor Gavin Newsom today sued President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth in response to their orders seeking to federalize the California National Guard for 60 days under 10 U.S.C. § 12406. In the early hours of Sunday morning, the U.S. Department of Defense, at the direction of the President, redirected hundreds of National Guard troops from San Diego to Los Angeles, without authorization from the Governor and against the wishes of local law enforcement. In total, the Department intends to deploy 2,000 troops from across the state, an inflammatory escalation unsupported by conditions on the ground. In a lawsuit being filed today, Attorney General Bonta and Governor Newsom will ask the court to hold unlawful and set aside the President’s order federalizing the National Guard by way of a rarely used law, arguing that such action exceeds the federal government’s authority under the law and violates the Tenth Amendment.
“President Trump’s order calling federalized National Guard troops into Los Angeles – over the objections of the Governor and local law enforcement – is unnecessary and counterproductive. It’s also deeply unfair to the members of the National Guard who are hard at work every day protecting our state, preparing for and responding to emergencies, and training so that, if called, they can fight our nation’s wars,” said Attorney General Rob Bonta. “Let me be clear: There is no invasion. There is no rebellion. The President is trying to manufacture chaos and crisis on the ground for his own political ends. Federalizing the California National Guard is an abuse of the President’s authority under the law – and not one we take lightly. We’re asking a court to put a stop to the unlawful, unprecedented order.”
“Donald Trump is creating fear and terror by failing to adhere to the U.S. Constitution and overstepping his authority. This is a manufactured crisis to allow him to take over a state militia, damaging the very foundation of our republic,” said Governor Gavin Newsom. “Every governor, red or blue, should reject this outrageous overreach. This is beyond incompetence — this is him intentionally causing chaos, terrorizing communities, and endangering the principles of our great democracy. It is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism. We will not let this stand.”
On Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted multiple immigration raids in downtown Los Angeles. These raids were met with multiple protests. Following threats to send in the National Guard from several Trump Administration officials, on the evening of June 7, President Trump issued a formal memorandum entitled “Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions,” purporting to authorize the Department of Defense to call up 2,000 California National Guard personnel into federal service for a period of 60 days. In implementing this directive, the Department of Defense circumvented authorization from the Governor and began deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the objections of local law enforcement actively on the ground. Notably, by the time the National Guard arrived Sunday morning, the protests had dissipated and streets were quiet, but soon after the National Guard arrived, tensions reignited, leading to the very sort of unrest the National Guard was supposedly sent in to quell. Concerningly, President Trump has already made clear his intention to expand the use of these National Guard troops to conduct interior civil immigration enforcement activities normally conducted by civil immigration law enforcement officers, creating fear and terror in California communities.
President Trump’s unprecedented order attempts to usurp state authority and resources via 10 U.S.C. § 12406, a statute that has been invoked on its own only once before in modern history and for highly unusual circumstances — when President Richard Nixon called upon the National Guard to deliver the mail during the 1970 Postal Service Strike. This is also the first time since 1965 — when President Johnson sent troops to Alabama to protect civil rights demonstrators — that a president has activated a state’s National Guard without a request from the state’s governor. Here, Governor Newsom did not request that the state’s National Guard be federalized, as local authorities were managing the situation on the ground, and openly expressed concern that bringing in the National Guard could inflame the situation. After the President plowed ahead with his order, the Governor sent a letter to Secretary Hegseth requesting that the Department of Defense rescind its unlawful deployment of troops in the state and return them to his command.
In a lawsuit being filed today, Attorney General Bonta and Governor Newsom will ask the court to hold that the President and Department of Defense’s orders federalizing the California National Guard are unlawful, arguing that:
The federalization of the California National Guard deprives California of resources to protect itself and its citizens, and of critical responders in the event of a state emergency.
10 U.S.C. 12406 requires that the Governor consent to federalization of the National Guard, which Governor Newsom was not given the opportunity to do prior to their deployment.
The President’s unlawful order infringes on Governor Newsom’s role as Commander-in-Chief of the California National Guard and violates the state’s sovereign right to control and have available its National Guard in the absence of a lawful invocation of federal power.
A copy of the lawsuit will be available here shortly.
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Let’s go taco!!!!
When the tear gas starts fascism begins.
Get the military out of our communities now!
Das Trumpster has created all this mess to divert us all from his failed economic policies. His world policies were the laughingstock of everybody in the world because of this fat clown he’s picking a fight with Newsome and Bass giving his Maga base major Woodies so predictable when will people wake up . Start comparing goods that you bought a month ago that were imported they’re costing you 40% more now sheep Bahhh! You have Given up economic stability for some sort of crazed DEI racist agenda.
Are you talking about the 2020 riots the democrats let happen and we had 1 to 2 Billion Dollars in damage, 1700 police hurt and over 2 dozen deaths? Yeah, we dont want that to happen again. Democrats rioted so they could loot businesses, like liquor stores, expensive basketball shoes, any type of electronics store, but not one single Redwing store was looted because democrats don’t need work boots.
Who are the liberal democrat idiots protecting?
“Some of the illegal immigrants detained in the ICE-raids that sparked Los Angeles’ riots are convicted criminals with rap sheets for sexual assault, gang activity and even murder — including a Vietnamese national convicted of carrying out a mass shooting at a high school graduation party that shocked Southern California.
Cuong Chanh Phan, 49, was among dozens of illegal immigrants ICE arrested in LA over the weekend in a series of raids that prompted demonstrators to flock to the streets and demand their freedom.
Phan is a killer, convicted of second-degree murder.
After he was kicked out of an LA county high school graduation party in 1994, he returned with his gang member cronies and fired semiautomatic rifles into a crowd of 30 people, killing two teens and wounding seven others, according to the Department of Homeland Security.”
Yeah, Right on Brother!!! We need to rebuild the democrat party and these upstanding immigrants were arrested by ICE, STAND UP FOR THEM AND FIGHT!!!
Cuong Chanh Phan
Cuong Chanh Phan, a 49-year-old Vietnamese national, was previously convicted of second-degree murder. Phan was sentenced to serve 15 years to life in prison after he and “his gang member associates” were asked to leave a high school graduation party in 1994 following a dispute and “returned with semiautomatic weapons,” which they fired into a crowd of about 30 partygoers, DHS said.
“Dennis Buan, 18, of South Pasadena and David Hang, 15, of San Marino, California were killed, and seven others were wounded,” the Department said in a Monday post on X. “This criminal illegal alien is who Governor Newsom, Mayor Bass and the rioters in Los Angeles are trying to protect over U.S. citizens.”
Cielo Vivar-Ubaldo
ICE criminally arrested Cielo Vivar-Ubaldo, a previously deported Mexican national who was convicted for sex with a minor, narcotics violations and a hit-and-run. He faces deportation.
Jose Cristobal Hernandez-Buitron, 43, of Peru was previously convicted of robbery and sentenced to serve 10 years in prison.
Julian Riveros-Cadavid
Julian Riveros-Cadavid, a Colombian national, was arrested on administrative immigration violations and has prior arrests on charges of domestic battery, child endangerment, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft and narcotics violations. He faces deportation
Chrissahdah Tooy
Chrissahdah Tooy, a 48-year-old Indonesian national, was previously convicted on narcotics, DUI and illegal entry charges.
.Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez
ICE arrested Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, a 55-year-old Filipino illegal immigrant, whose criminal history includes theft, assault, burglary and sexual penetration with a foreign object with force and assault with intent to commit rape in Pomona, California, which carries a 37-
Jordan Mauricio Meza-Esquibel
Honduran national Jordan Mauricio Meza-Esquibel, 32, whose criminal history includes convictions on charges of domestic violence, as well as heroin and cocaine distribution.
Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales
ICE arrested Jesus Alan Hernandez-Morales, a 26-year-old Mexican illegal immigrant previously convicted of conspiracy to transport an illegal alien in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He received a 239-day sentence
Delfino Aguilar-Martinez
Delfino Aguilar-Martinez, a 51-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, has been accused of assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury in Los Angeles. He was sentenced to serve one year in prison.
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Victor Mendoza-Aguilar
ICE arrested Victor Mendoza-Aguilar, a 32-year-old Mexican national previously convicted of possessing unlawful paraphernalia, possessing controlled substances, assault with a deadly weapon: not firearm, and obstructing a public officer in Pasadena.
Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz
Ecuadorian national Jose Gregorio Medranda Ortiz’s criminal history includes conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more cocaine while on board a vessel in Tampa, Florida.
Francisco Sanchez-Arguello
Francisco Sanchez-Arguello, a 38-year-old Mexican illegal immigrant, was previously arrested on grand theft larceny and illegal weapons possession charges
Armando Ordaz
Armando Ordaz, a 44-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, has a criminal history including sexual battery and petty theft in Los Angeles, as well as receiving known or stolen property in Norwalk, California
Lionel Sanchez-Laguna
Mexican national Lionel Sanchez-Laguna, 55, has a criminal history including discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and vehicle, battery on spouse or cohabitant, willful cruelty to child, DUI, assault with semi-automatic firearm and personal use of a firearm in Orange, California.
Arturo Diaz-Perez
Arturo Diaz-Perez, a Mexican national, is facing administrative immigration violations. He has previous criminal convictions for narcotics violations and carrying a controlled weapon. Diaz-Perez is currently detained in ICE custody pending removal proceedings
Juan Antonio Flores-Felician
Juan Antonio Flores-Felician is a previously deported Mexican nation with previous criminal convictions for burglary, possession of stolen property and receiving stolen property. He faces deportation.
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Felimon Alejo-Garcia
HSI Los Angeles arrested Felimon Alejo-Garcia, a Mexican national, on administrative immigration violations. He has a prior DUI conviction and is detained in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
Diego Hernando Quinones-Alvarado
ICE arrested Diego Hernando Quinones-Alvarado, a Colombian national, on administrative immigration violations. He has a previous DUI conviction and was recently arrested for burglary. He faces removal proceedings.
Russell Gomez-Dzul
U.S. Border Patrol agents criminally arrested Mexican national Russell Gomez-Dzul for allegedly assaulting a federal officer.
A lap dog beaner, Bonita, and a white greaser, great combination, Plugs started this, how many remember watching 1,000”$ s of illegals invading my country everyday ? I don’t care who settles this but if the military has too , go get em, California isn’t up for becoming Tijuana north, go get em Homan and your crew, sweep these beaner neighborhoods ! Bye, bye !
I’m going to paint my trailer purple and let my chickens run loose, Sniveler
FYI, I have goats and donkeys for sale.
Who gives a damn what you do in your mom, Bill’s trailer, Anti? Go to town…and see you in the men’s bathroom for Monday madness and dont forget you kneepads.
Big boy did you finally grow a pair.
First it was a harris/waltz sign now its a mexican flag.
Seek help Redneck racist. You’ll probably just kick your dog and beat your wife instead.
Don’t ever talk about my wife, Bill again, or she’ll kick your ass worse than she does mine.
Maxine Watters is dumber than a 4×4 post!
I really don’t know what to say to such a hateful, base post. If you are representing the future of our country I’ll take the “Beaners” . Damn dude why do you hate like that did your old man slap you around ? Get help . When was the last time you were in east LA? Why should you care ? Let the local cops take care of it
LAPD said before the National Guard stepped in 6am Sunday, “We are overwhelmed” because mayor Bass told the LAPD to stay back.
What a lovely niggar.
Donald Trump master showman create chaos over here so you don’t pay attention to what he’s screwing up over there like the economy, world wars interest, prices unemployment all the stuff he said he’d fix instead we get this fascism and chaos
Let’s go Taco Bell!!!!
You Trumpers see the phat phuck fall down going up the stairs to Air Farce 1? Looked worse than Biden. You won’t see it though, FOX won’t show it and that’s all you watch.
TACO man went splat. What a loser.
I didn’t have any expectations concerning that title, but the more I was astonished. The author did a great job. I spent a few minutes reading and checking the facts. Everything is very clear and understandable. I like posts that fill in your knowledge gaps. This one is of the sort.
Thank God for President Trump and thank you ICE please continue to clean this trash from our Country!
Perfect time to push for VOTER ID
Wolf Blitzer made a good point today, when you see flags being flown from the countries these illegals com from, and American flags torched, this is called rioting, tyranny, no other name for it!
Wolf needs to break a smile, what a miserable man he must be!
Where was President Law and order when his followers were killing cops and civilians at our nations capitol? Throwing spaghetti against a wall.
How’s the economy doing? Trump wants all our attention taken away from the point he is ruining our country financially.
Fu€k Trump!
Check out your receipts we are now paying 40% more for anything imported
Liberation Day was a farce.
90 deals in 90 days? Nope only .5% of trade deals have been reached
War in Ukraine is still raging
Gaza is not a sunny vacation spot.
Housing is unaffordable
But we really should be worried about immigrants with Mexican flags and those damn homosexuals.
Small minded idiots. You’re happy to see our democracy fade into obscurity for your insecure fear
At least we got the Gulf of Mexico
How’s the transactions for Greenland and Canada going?
What a sad joke. It will leave a nasty fu€k stain on our country we won’t be able to wash off .
Trump wants violence he wants America to believe that there are hordes of murderous immigrants making America dangerous and unlivable .he used that baseless imaginary claim to go against a state governor and his top law enforcement officials. Trump wants to normalize this kind of power grab.Because that’s the kind of power you want in an imaginary version of America spun from opportunistic lies. The wide spread protests have been mostly peaceful except for a few incidents and LAPD was able to handle it.
How’s the Big Beautiful Bill going?
How much are you paying for imported goods now? 40% more
You get that $30,000 back in your 401k yet!
Grocery prices still high
Everything he said would be easy for him to fix on his first day in office
More lies
His handling of our economy has been awful we are trading economic stability for some strange cultural war.
Fu€k Trump and his manipulation of lies.
I need to start my enema flushing today for the Gay Pride Day in Sacramento on Saturday, Yours Truly Sniveler