A Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon delivered a second blow to the Trump administration’s effort to send National Guard troops into Portland late Sunday night, temporarily blocking the deployment of National Guard members from anywhere in the US.
The ruling essentially expanded on a more narrow Saturday ruling that blocked the administration from sending Oregon National Guard troops to the city, which President Donald Trump has said is necessary to quell protests at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility – a claim strongly disputed by local and state officials.
The hastily scheduled Sunday hearing came after officials in Oregon and California objected in court to Trump reassigning federalized guard troops in Los Angeles to Portland in an apparent effort to get around the judge’s Saturday order.
Portland is one of several Democratic-led cities where the Trump administration has called for the deployment of federal troops in the name of protecting federal immigration personnel and property amid Trump’s
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