Overview

• U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued a temporary restraining order halting the federalization and deployment, with the order set to expire on Oct. 18 unless extended or overturned.
• The Pentagon had already moved to place 200 Oregon National Guard members under federal control for 60 days to protect federal facilities in Portland.
• In her ruling, the judge wrote that recent demonstrations near the ICE facility were small and largely uneventful and that the president’s determination was untethered to the facts.
• At a hearing, a Justice Department attorney pointed to President Trump’s Truth Social posts as the key determination for invoking §12406, while Oregon and Portland argued local law enforcement could manage the situation.
• The decision lands as courts test similar deployments elsewhere, including a recent California ruling limiting the Los Angeles mobilization, and as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the administration told him it plans to federalize 300 Guard troops in his state.