President Donald Trump’s takeover of California’s National Guard to fend off immigration protesters in Los Angeles, halted briefly by a federal judge, is starting to climb up the judicial ladder, with a federal appeals court hearing scheduled Tuesday.

The White House wants the national guard to play a bigger role in immigration enforcement, Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said in an interview Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marines and additional National Guard troops headed to Los Angeles on Tuesday, sent by President Donald Trump in response to protests over immigration raids despite the strenuous objections of the governor and local leaders. The authorization came amid mostly peaceful protests in country’s second-largest city on Monday.