A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump‘s National Guard deployment to Portland, Oregon, in what is a temporary legal setback for the administration as it seeks to quell violence in the city.
The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday night, granted the state of Oregon a temporary restraining order on the deployment, which is set to expire on Oct. 18.
While Immergut’s decision does not declare the deployment unlawful, she concluded her opinion by writing that the Trump administration’s arguments, “if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power — to the detriment of this nation.”
“For the above reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order … and temporarily enjoins Defendants’ September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering
the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland,” Immergut wrote. “The Defendants’ request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary
Restraining Order … is DENIED.”
Trump previously ordered “all necessary Troops” to Portland after multiple protests outside a U.S. ICE facility in the city.
“I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” Trump posted to Truth Social last weekend. “I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary.”
Two hundred National Guard troops ended up being activated by the administration just ahead of the weekend.
The protests against Trump’s immigration operations have only continued, with the Department of Homeland Security posting multiple videos to social media on Saturday of arrests being made amid chaotic scenes on the street.
The legal decision is a win for the state of Oregon, which argued in its lawsuit that the National Guard deployment was unlawful and not due to any legitimate threat.
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), who has been pushing back on Trump’s deployment in his home state, celebrated the ruling and vowed to continue his resistance effort.
“This victory supports what Oregonians already know: we don’t need or want Donald Trump to provoke violence by deploying federal troops in our state. I’ll keep working to stop Trump from fulfilling his perverse fantasy of making Portland the center of his assault on U.S. cities,” Wyden said in a statement.
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