"Less than 24 hours after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the deployment of Oregon's National Guard to Portland, the same judge issued an additional restraining order to prevent troops from any other states from coming to Oregon. On Saturday, US District Judge Karin Immergut granted the state of Oregon and city of Portland a restraining order to halt any deployment of Oregon National Guard troops until October 18."
"The following morning, in response to Saturday's ruling, the Trump administration announced 300 California National Guard troops were activated and sent to Oregon. The move from Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was an attempt to circumvent the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued Saturday. Hours later, the state of California joined Oregon and Portland in an amended complaint requesting another TRO, "to prohibit the relocation or deployment of any National Guard under Defendants' command... within the State of Oregon.""
Oregon and Portland obtained a temporary restraining order halting deployment of Oregon National Guard troops until October 18 after suing over a presidential announcement to send 200 troops to guard an ICE facility. Judge Karin Immergut found the president lacks Constitutional authority to activate a state's National Guard against that state's will and concluded the administration failed to provide truthful evidence of a sufficient threat in Portland. The administration then activated 300 California National Guard troops and signaled other activations, prompting California to join an amended complaint seeking a broader TRO. A Sunday teleconference hearing resulted in a ruling for the plaintiffs, and veterans rallied urging active-duty members not to obey deployment orders.
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