A federal judge late Sunday night issued a second order blocking President Donald Trump’s attempt to send National Guard troops into Portland, saying the deployment would violate federal law and constitutional limits.
U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut — a Trump appointee — granted an emergency temporary restraining order stopping the administration from deploying California’s National Guard or any other state or D.C. troops into Oregon. The ruling came just one day after she had already halted Trump’s plan to deploy Oregon’s own National Guard forces to Portland.
The dispute centers on Trump’s effort to protect a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, which has drawn nightly protests and confrontations between activists and federal agents.
During the hearing, Judge Immergut sharply questioned Justice Department attorney Eric Hamilton about the administration’s maneuver to send in out-of-state troops despite the prior restraining order.
“How could bringing in federalized National Guard from California not be in direct contravention of the TRO that I issued yesterday?” she asked. “You’re an officer of the court. Aren’t defendants circumventing my order?”
Hamilton contended that the federalization of the California Guard had been authorized in June and that the deployment to Oregon was consistent with protecting federal property nationwide.
Immergut, however, pushed back, saying the administration had not shown a “colorable claim” that circumstances in Oregon justified such a deployment.
She denied the Justice Department’s request to stay or delay the order, emphasizing the urgency and noting that no new facts had been presented since her earlier ruling.
Under Immergut’s second order, the federal government is barred from relocating or deploying any National Guard troops from other states—including California or Texas—into Oregon.
The order is set to last at least 14 days, until October 19, while the state and city challenge Trump’s authority in court.
In response, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom affirmed that the court’s decision was a victory for the rule of law and denounced Trump’s attempt to “deploy our soldiers into another state over the objections of a governor.”
Meanwhile, the White House defended the president’s authority, with senior aide Stephen Miller calling the ruling “one of the most egregious … violations of constitutional order we have ever seen.”
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