Overview
- The Justice Department filed notice to appeal U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut’s Nov. 7 permanent injunction that barred deploying National Guard troops to Oregon.
- U.S. Northern Command said it is shifting and rightsizing the Title 10 footprint in Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago to maintain a long-term presence.
- Two hundred California Guard members sent to Portland and 200 Texas Guard members sent to Chicago will return home, a defense official confirmed.
- Federalized Oregon Guard numbers will be reduced from 200 to 100, while roughly 300 Illinois Guard members remain under federal control despite continued court restrictions.
- Courts have kept the troops from operational deployment, and the Supreme Court has sought additional briefs in the Illinois case on the meaning of “regular forces”; in Chicago, DHS vacated its Great Lakes command center and Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino left the city.