Federal judge permanently blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration’s attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, was unconstitutional.

On Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, temporarily extended an order blocking the administration from deploying troops to The Pink City, saying the government had failed to justify the move.

In the Sunday evening order, Immergut temporarily blocked “accused Secretary of Defense [Pete] Hegseth to implement memorandums authorizing federalization and deployment of National Guard members from Oregon, Texas and California to Portland.

The injunction remained in effect until Friday.

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A protester holds a sign as law enforcement officers stand outside an ICE facility October 21 in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, file)

The 106-page ruling issued Friday makes the order permanent.

It followed a three-day trial to determine whether protests against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland justified the use of the military domestically under federal law.

The administration said the troops were needed to protect federal personnel and assets.

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On October 11, law enforcement officers walk out of the gates of an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, toward protesters. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, file)

Immergut said in the ruling that “the evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which Oregon’s governor opposed and were not requested by federal officials charged with protecting the ICE building, exceeded the President’s authority” because he was unable to demonstrate that there was a rebellion or threat of rebellion that could not be enforced without the military.

The judge added that “even giving great deference to the President’s decision, the President had no legal basis to federalize the National Guard.”

Immergut called the order unconstitutional, saying it violated the 10th Amendment, “which ‘reserves to the states’ all powers not expressly delegated to the federal government in the Constitution.”

Federal agents stand outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

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The city of Portland and the state of Oregon sued the administration over the deployment in September after Hegseth sent 200 troops to the city.

The administration can appeal the decision.

The administration also faces a temporary injunction in Chicago, where a judge has barred the administration from deploying troops.