The US government's unprecedented use of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to protect officers carrying out President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown was illegal and should be ended, a lawyer for the state of California told a federal judge.

Three-day trial will determine if the government violated a 19th century law that bars the military from civil law enforcement

The lawyer said evidence presented from the landmark trial that began on Monday showed that soldiers had violated a 19th century law that bars the military from civilian law enforcement. “The government wanted a show of military force so great that any opposition to their agenda was silenced,