Overview
- The district-court trial over President Trump’s Guard deployment continued as the Ninth Circuit voted to revisit an earlier ruling that allowed the troops.
- Testimony said up to 10 Oregon Guard soldiers were at the South Portland ICE site on Oct. 4 and remained roughly eight hours after Judge Karin J. Immergut’s restraining order, prompting her questions about who failed to relay the order.
- A Justice Department attorney testified the direction for the Guard presence came high in U.S. Army Northern Command’s chain, involving a four‑star general.
- Federal and local officials clashed over tactics and support, with an FPS deputy calling round‑the‑clock staffing unsustainable and Portland’s assistant police chief criticizing federal officers’ use of less‑lethal munitions from a roof.
- Separately, DOJ sought additional Portland police records while alleging viewpoint discrimination, and about 50 people gathered near the ICE facility on Oct. 30 in a small, largely peaceful protest.