Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Blocking Oregon Guard

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued a preliminary injunction late Sunday blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland and barring enforcement of memoranda authorizing Guard deployments from multiple states until at least Nov. 7 while the court prepares a final decision. After a fast‑tracked three‑day trial and review of voluminous evidence, she found the government had not met its burden to show conditions justified federalizing the Guard, saying there was “no credible evidence” that protests at the ICE facility had spiraled out of control before the president’s action. Immergut indicated the federalization likely violated Title 10 and the Tenth Amendment and that the president exceeded his authority in mobilizing troops to protect the ICE building. The dispute has prompted Ninth Circuit review and separate lawsuits by other cities, and the record included testimony that some Guard personnel remained at the ICE site after a prior court ban and logs showing most recent arrests resulted from clashes between protesters and counter‑protesters rather than widespread violence.