From Fox News: A U.S. District Court on Saturday issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) to halt the Trump administration from deploying 200 National Guardsmen to Portland, Oregon, amid violent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests.
The lawsuit, brought by the State of Oregon and City of Portland, argued the deployment was unlawful, exceeding the president’s statutory and constitutional authority.
Judge Karin Immergut, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, granted the TRO blocking the federal action.
Trump in June issued a memorandum authorizing the federalization of National Guard troops, citing threats to federal employees and property during protests against immigration enforcement.
Immergut claimed in her ruling on Saturday that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard exceeded his authority “because the law only allows the president to call in the National Guard under exceptional circumstances, including invasion, rebellion or an inability to execute federal law using regular forces.”
The judge said none of those conditions existed in Oregon, and claimed local and federal law enforcement were capable of maintaining order.
However, independent journalist Andy Ngo pointed to a section from the lawsuit in which Portland Police said they were understaffed and incapable of responding to the riots against ICE.
Leftists and Democrats are celebrating that a federal judge issued a restraining order stopping the President from mobilizing the National Guard in Portland.
However, the evidence submitted by the State of Oregon in the emergency lawsuit show that communications from the… pic.twitter.com/NvHc20sV1q
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 5, 2025
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, a Democrat, cheered the judge’s decision, “BREAKING NEWS: We just secured a court order blocking the president’s order to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Portland when a federal judge granted our request for a Temporary Restraining Order. Read our statement.”
BREAKING NEWS: We just secured a court order blocking the president’s order to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Portland when a federal judge granted our request for a Temporary Restraining Order. Read our statement. #orpol #nationalguard #portland #portlandoregon pic.twitter.com/XUPANp9zdq
— Attorney General Dan Rayfield (@AGDanRayfield) October 4, 2025
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller blasted the decision.
“Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself,” Miller wrote.
Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more… https://t.co/vMwF0nlU9U
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) October 5, 2025
🚨 BREAKING: In an OUTRAGEOUS development, a federal judge just BLOCKED President Trump and Pete Hegseth from deploying the National Guard to war-ravaged Portland.
Insurgency. Rebellion. Local officials do nothing. Apparently it DOESN’T allow the National Guard to get involved. pic.twitter.com/pvKdu4D3MV
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 4, 2025
Judge Karin Immergut rules President Trump cannot send the National Guard to stop Antifa violence in Portland.
Line in the sand time.
The Judicial Coup must end. pic.twitter.com/LcJV8rY5rs
— C3 (@C_3C_3) October 5, 2025
Unacceptable intrusion on core executive branch authority. We’ve all seen what has happened in Portland – OBVIOUSLY the National Guard is required to protect federal personnel because the Portland Police won’t.
Judge Immergut must be impeached. https://t.co/F6i9p7Ah6z
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 5, 2025
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