Overview
- The appeals panel lifted a district court injunction that had blocked the move, with two judges in favor and one dissenting.
- U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut had found no uprising or national‑security threat and said the president likely acted unlawfully.
- Roughly 200 Guard members were ordered to Portland over protests near the ICE facility, which local police records describe as small and yielding few arrests since mid‑June.
- Oregon officials oppose the deployment, with the Portland mayor saying the city needs zero soldiers, the state attorney general vowing to appeal, and the governor pledging to defend residents’ safety.
- The administration cites 10 U.S.C. §12406 to justify federalizing Guard units, as courts issue mixed rulings in related cases involving other Democratic-led cities and a Chicago plan halted by a federal court.