President Donald Trump is thanking an appeals court for freezing an order that he return control of National Guard troops to California.

Protests over immigration raids in the Los Angeles area are set to continue for a third day. Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Trump’s decision to call in National Guards was “purposefully inflammatory.

The National Guard was conducting exercises in Los Angeles on Wednesday, after being deployed in response to anti-ICE protests in the city. Meantime, federal officials announced the first charges against protesters accused of threatening law enforcement.

More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, and the troops will join the thousands of National Guard members who were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or LA’s mayor.

The Trump administration must pull back on its use of military troops in Los Angeles to deal with protests over the president’s immigration raids, according to a federal judge.

Thousands of people in cities across the U.S. have marched to protest President Trump's immigration crackdown. In Los Angeles, the city's police chief talked about the coordination with the National Guard and Marines.

The federal judge ruled Thursday evening that President Donald Trump acted unlawfully in his actions to federalize the California National Guard and deploy them in Los Angeles amid protests. “His actions were illegal – both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.