Jueza falla que el gobierno de EEUU no cumplió requisitos legales al enviar soldados a Portland – Chicago Tribune
By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON
PORTLAND, Oregon, USA. (AP) — A federal court in Oregon told people that President Donald Trump’s governor would not meet legal requirements to fill the Portland National Guard after the city and state demanded in September to block the offense.
The fall of Judge Karin Immergut — appointed by Trump — from the Federal District Court took place in a three-day court last week, and both sides presented arguments over the protests at the building of the Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en English) in the city with the conditions for using the armed forces at the national level lower than federal law.
The government signaled that the troops were needed to protect federal personnel and property in a city that Trump said was “devastated by war,” with “fire for all sides.”
In a 106-page opinion, Immergut determined that while the president was entitled to “great deference” in his decision to summon the National Guard, he had to be concerned about a legal basis for doing so because it was not established that there would be a rebellion or a perpetrator of rebellion, or that the law could not be carried out with regular political forces.
“The judgment docket showed that although protests against the ICE building in Portland occurred every night between June and October 2025, beginning on a particularly problematic media day in June, the protests took place across the Pacific, with only a few instances of violence committed. et esporádicos,” Immergut wrote. “The occasional interference with federal agents has been minimal, and there is no evidence that these protests constitute a small escalation that significantly impedes the implementation of a certain immigration law.”
The Trump administration has criticized the game’s decline.
“The people have not changed. In the midst of violent unrest and ongoing investigations, where local leaders have refused to step in to help, President Trump has exercised his legal authority to protect federal agents and assets. President Trump has not had the gorda ante view of lawlessness that has marked established cities, and we hope to be vindicated by a higher court,” said Abigail Jackson, spokesperson for Casa Blanca.
“The courts are holding government accountable before government and the rule of law,” Oregon Fiscal General Dan Rayfield said in an emailed statement. “From principle, this case is about ensuring that men, not political whims, guide how to apply the law. My protégé’s decision is that principle.”
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Johnson informed Seattle. The Associated Press reporter Michelle L. Price in Palm Beach, Fla., contributed to this post.
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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
