The Trump administration deployed greater than 100 California Nationwide Guard members to Oregon in a single day into Sunday, officers there mentioned, and extra are anticipated after a choose briefly blocked the administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland.
Gov. Tina Kotek mentioned in a press release on Sunday that she is conscious that 101 federalized California Nationwide Guard members arrived in Oregon on Saturday evening and that it’s her understanding that extra are on the best way.
“We have received no official notification or correspondence from the federal government regarding this action by the President,” she mentioned. “This action appears to [be] intentional to circumvent yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge.”
White Home spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed the deployment, saying, “President Trump exercised his lawful authority to protect federal assets and personnel in Portland following violent riots and attacks on law enforcement.”
On Saturday evening, U.S. District Choose Karin Immergut, who was appointed by President Trump throughout his first time period, issued a short lived restraining order stopping the Trump administration from sending the Nationwide Guard. The transfer got here after Mr. Trump mentioned he would ship troops to town to deal with “home terrorists.“
Immergut mentioned the comparatively small protests town has seen didn’t justify using federalized forces and permitting the deployment might hurt Oregon’s state sovereignty. The restraining order is about to run out on Oct. 18, in response to court docket information.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement constructing in Portland has lately been the positioning of nightly protests.
“The facts haven’t changed. There is no need for military intervention in Oregon,” Kotek mentioned. “There is no insurrection in Portland. No threat to national security. Oregon is our home, not a military target.”
The California Nationwide Guard referred the Related Press’ inquiries to the Protection Division. A division spokesperson declined to remark.
Federal brokers, together with members of the Division of Homeland Safety, the Border Patrol, and police, try and preserve protesters again outdoors a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Oct. 04, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.
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Mr. Trump has characterised each Portland and Chicago as cities rife with crime and unrest, calling the previous a “war zone” and suggesting apocalyptic pressure was wanted to quell issues within the latter. Because the begin of his second time period, he has despatched or talked about sending troops to 10 cities.
Mr. Trump licensed the deployment of 300 Illinois Nationwide Guard troops to guard federal officers and property in Chicago on Saturday.
Mr. Trump deployed the Nationwide Guard and active-duty Marines to Los Angeles over the summer time and as a part of his regulation enforcement takeover within the District of Columbia.
On Saturday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker mentioned that the Trump administration intends to federalize 300 Illinois Nationwide Guard members after he was provided an ultimatum to deploy the troops himself however refused.
Final month, Mr. Trump signed a presidential memorandum mobilizing federal regulation enforcement brokers to Memphis, Tennessee, on the request of the Tennessee governor.
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