Overview
- U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking the federalization of 200 Oregon National Guard members for Portland, finding no “danger of a rebellion.”
- The Justice Department has appealed the order to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
- The White House authorized 300 Illinois National Guard members to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, drawing a public objection from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who described an ultimatum from Washington.
- DHS said CBP agents in Chicago fired defensive shots after vehicles rammed and boxed in officers; the woman who was shot, Marimar Martinez, is in FBI custody and another person, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, is detained.
- Federal agents deployed tear gas and pepper balls during protests at Portland’s ICE facility, with at least six arrests reported, as Oregon and California officials said California Guard personnel began arriving in Oregon.