As court rulings shift “hour by hour,” experts say city officials must build a united front with law enforcement, businesses and communities — before troops arrive.

Over the objections of local and state officials, armed National Guards members are now appearing in places civilians frequent. They are walking down pedestrian streets in Washington, D.C., and they have patrolled outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Los Angeles and outside a Memphis landmark.

Experts say immigration agents have more latitude to be destructive than National Guard—with fewer avenues for San Francisco to push back.

The new bill in New York would allow the state attorney general to sue for a court order blocking a guard deployment if another state attempted to send troops without authorization. That wouldn’t include cases where the guard has been formally federalized, according to News 10.

A D.C. man filed a lawsuit stating that 'The Imperial March' is used in his peaceful protests against U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard members.