A high-stakes trial began Monday in a California courtroom over whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed thousands of National Guard troops and United States Marines to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids in June.

Lawyers for California and the federal government are facing off for a second straight day over President Trump's use of the National Guard in Los Angeles. Political strategists Leslie Sanchez and Vedant Patel join "The Takeout" with analysis.

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.