JUDGE PERMANENTLY BLOCKS TRUMP NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO PORTLAND OVER ICE PROTESTS

A federal judge in Oregon issued a permanent injunction blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland in response to protests over immigration policy at a local ICE facility. Judge Karin J. Immergut ruled the situation did not meet the legal threshold for federalizing the Guard and said the administration’s claims were not supported by facts. DOJ appealed and similar court fights are ongoing in Chicago and other jurisdictions, setting up a broader test of presidential authority over domestic deployments tied to immigration enforcement.