A federal appeals court late Thursday paused a ruling that required President Donald Trump to return control of members of California’s National Guard to the state.

California urged a federal appeals court to leave in place for now a lower court’s order that would limit the Trump administration’s use of National Guard troops in Los Angeles to respond to protests over the president’s immigration raids.

A federal judge ruled Thursday evening that President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard in response to anti-immigration-enforcement protests in Los Angeles was “illegal.” Pending an immediate appeal by the Trump Administration,