The U.S. 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 on Tuesday.

California has said Trump’s National Guard deployment to Los Angeles was unlawful and intended to suppress protests after immigration raids.

Lawyers for the state of California and the federal government faced off in court Tuesday over President Trump's deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles.The attorney for the state,