The order, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer, is a blow to the Trump administration, and comes six months after the president in June deployed thousands of federalized National Guard troops to the city in response to a wave of immigration protests.

A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered an end to Donald Trump's deployment of National ​Guard troops to Los Angeles and directed that they be returned to the control of the state's Democratic governor.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the Trump administration has made "clear that the only check" it wants "is a blank one."

The judge has ordered control of the the troops, which were deployed in June, to be returned to California's governor.

A federal judge ordered President Trump to end his deployment of the California National Guard in Los Angeles, ruling Wednesday that he must return control of the force to Gov. Gavin