Huge victory' in Portland as judge's final order bars Trump from sending national guard

"A federal judge in Oregon on Friday blocked Donald Trump from deploying national guard troops to Portland, ruling there was no evidence of widespread violence to justify federal intervention. The US district court judge, Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, delivered her final order in the case on Friday. She found that protests near Portland's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility were predominately peaceful, with only isolated and sporadic instances of relatively low-level violence."

"Earlier this week, Immergut barred Trump's administration from deploying the national guard to Portland until at least Friday, saying she found no credible evidence that protests in the city had grown out of control before the president federalized the troops earlier this fall. In Friday's ruling, she concluded that most altercations occurred between protesters and counter-protesters, not between protesters and federal agents."

"Immergut also acknowledged that while she may lack jurisdiction to enjoin President Trump in the performance of his official duties, her injunction only bars the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, from deploying members of the national guard to Oregon. This is the latest development in weeks of legal back and forth in Portland, Chicago and other US cities as the Trump administration has moved to federalize and deploy the national guard in city streets to quell protests."

A federal judge in Oregon issued a final order blocking the deployment of national guard troops to Portland, finding no evidence of widespread violence that would justify federal intervention. The judge, Karin Immergut, determined protests near the ICE facility were predominantly peaceful, with only isolated, sporadic, low-level violence. She barred the defense and homeland security secretaries from deploying the Oregon national guard while acknowledging possible limits on enjoining the president. The ruling noted most altercations involved protesters and counter-protesters rather than federal agents. The decision follows weeks of legal disputes after the president directed federalization and deployment of troops to quell protests.

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