Overview

• U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut halted a broader National Guard deployment to Portland and called the administration’s justification “untethered to facts.”
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth informed Oregon’s governor that 200 Guard troops were being federalized to safeguard ICE facilities and staff.
• President Trump said he has not invoked the Insurrection Act but would consider doing so if he deems conditions warrant it.
• White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller described adverse judicial rulings as a “legal insurrection.”
• Critics, including Oregon officials and civil-military experts, warn that using federal troops for domestic unrest threatens civil liberties and long-standing norms.