Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland.

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued the order Saturday in a lawsuit brought by the state and city.

The Defense Department had announced it was placing 200 members of Oregon’s National Guard under federal control for 60 days to protect federal property at locations where protests are occurring or likely to occur, following President Trump’s description of the city as “war-ravaged.”

Oregon officials called that description ludicrous.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland has recently been the site of nightly protests, which typically drew a couple dozen people in recent weeks before the deployment was announced.
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