A federal judge on Oct. 4 temporarily blocked PresidentDonald Trumpfrom deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the city of Portland, Oregon, according to Reuters and CNN. The ruling came from Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut in Portland, a Republican, as Trump has sought to dispatch the military to cities he describes as lawless over the objections of their Democratic leaders. The judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard troops. President Donald Trumpsaid he is sending troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, inthe latest deploymentof forces to a U.S. city. The move followsweeks of protests outside ICE's field officein South Portland opposing Trump's mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.U.S. Border Patrol Agents detain a demonstrator during a protest outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, October 3, 2025. Trump announced on Sept. 27 that he was sending troops to Portland to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, inthe latest deploymentof forces to a U.S. city. Trump,in a Sept. 27 post on Truth Social, said he directed Secretary of WarPete Hegsethto "provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists." He added he authorized the military to use "Full Force, if necessary." While Trump described the city as "War ravaged," Oregon said that Portland protests were "small and sedate," resulting in only 25 arrests in mid-June and no arrests in the three-and-a-half-months since June 19. Oregon's lawsuit said that Trump announced the troop deployment after Fox News showed video clips from "substantially larger and more turbulent protests" in Portland in 2020. The stark divide in how the two sides described the situation on the ground in Portland was evident at a Friday court hearing before Immergut. Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said she made it "abundantly clear" in recent conversations with Trump and Homeland Security SecretaryKristi Noemthat the city and state "can manage our own local public safety needs." On Oct. 4, the Trump administration also told Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that itplanned to federalize 300members of the Illinois National Guard. Pritzker said he would be defying the suggestion. "I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump's acts of aggression against our people," he said. "Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law." Trump deployed800 National Guardtroops in Washington, DC, on Aug. 11, declaring a public safety emergency. Contributing: Reuters and USA TODAY'sJoey Garrison, Sarah Wire This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Judge blocks Trump's plan to deploy National Guard to Portland
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