Overview
- U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut said she will issue a decision Sunday on Oregon and Portland’s challenge to the federal callup of National Guard troops.
- Oregon argued the callup represents one of the most significant infringements on state sovereignty in Oregon and California and claimed federal agencies still have ample untapped resources to secure the ICE site.
- Trial testimony showed up to 10 Guard soldiers remained at the Portland ICE facility for about eight hours after the judge’s temporary restraining order, with DOJ lawyers citing a chain of command that reached U.S. Army Northern Command leadership.
- Federal Protective Service officials testified to months of assaults on personnel, severe resource strain, and repeated instances in which the Portland Police Bureau did not respond to requests for assistance.
- A majority of 9th Circuit judges voted to reconsider an earlier ruling allowing the deployment, and the Justice Department opened an inquiry into the Portland Police Bureau over alleged viewpoint discrimination and records compliance.