A federal appeals court on Oct. 9 seemed sympathetic to President Donald Trump’s bid to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to deal with violence directed at federal immigration facilities, while hearing arguments in a case brought against the president by the state.
The hearing dealt with the federal government’s emergency appeal of the Oct. 4 order of Judge Karin J. Immergut of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, who blocked a move by Trump to deploy members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland.
Responding to a lawsuit filed by Oregon, Immergut issued a temporary restraining order directing the Trump administration not to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Oregon. A president may take over, or federalize, state National Guard troops on an emergency basis in certain circumstances. The order expires on Oct. 18…., 2025-10-09 18:28:00, , US Politics, %%, https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-politics/feed?, Matthew Vadum