Judge blocks Trump from sending National Guard troops from any state to Portland

by Deported.news Staff | October 06, 2025

Despite another weekend of violent protests in Portland, Ore., a Trump-appointed federal judge issued a temporary restraining order to block the use of out-of-state National Guard troops to quell rioters and protect federal property in the city.

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued the ruling Sunday night after the Pentagon confirmed 200 members of the California National Guard had been reassigned to Portland, Ore., to “support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal personnel performing official duties,” the BBC reported.

Over the weekend, California joined the lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration’s plans to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Ore. The order halts the sending of Guard members from any state to Oregon.

The same court denied Trump’s attempt to deploy Oregon’s own National Guard members to Portland, Ore. Judge Immergut, who was appointed by Trump in 2019, ruled on Saturday that his claims were “untethered to facts,” Oregon Public Broadcasting reported with a timeline of weekend events slanted in the city’s favor.

Immergut said there was no evidence that recent protests in the city warranted the use of National Guard troops, adding that it “risked the sovereignty of that state and others, and inflamed tensions in the city of Portland,” the BBC reported.

During Sunday’s emergency hearing, Immergut questioned federal attorneys on sending troops from other states and accused the government of trying to circumvent her earlier decision blocking Oregon’s National Guard from being sent to the city.

The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until at least Oct. 19. The Trump administration is expected to quickly appeal the decision.

Oregon’s sanctuary politicians claim the city is safe and doesn’t need help from the Trump administration to fight crime and restore order outside the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center.

Attorneys representing the Trump administration told the judge that protesters had “assaulted federal law enforcement officers with rocks, bricks, pepper spray and incendiary devices. They have damaged federal property, including by breaking office windows, security cameras, and card readers permitting entry to the building,” OPB reported.

Meanwhile, footage from the scene on Saturday and Sunday showed rioters and Antifa members clashing with federal agents outside the Macadam Avenue facility. Federal agents used pepper bullets, tear gas and flash bangs to break up the crowd.

For months, local residents have said Portland police would not respond to the area, but they arrested two people on Sunday, KGW 8 News reported.

Portland Police Bureau has reportedly made 36 arrests since nightly protests began in June. The Portland Branch of the FBI has reported a total of 149 arrests. However, many of these arrests haven’t led to charges, KGW 8 reported.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also posted footage from Portland’s Sunday protests on social media, adding:

“DHS, under President Trump, will NOT ALLOW domestic terrorists to overrun our cities. We will bust their networks and bring every one of them to justice.”

In the clip posted to X, Noem said Portland is a “different animal.” It’s not just local residents protesting but violent Antifa members and terrorist organizations.

“We’re not just dealing with criminals,” she said. “We’ve got networks of cartel members and terrorists that are infiltrating these cities, and every day we don’t bring them to justice they’re recruiting new members.”

Protestors have disrupted the neighborhood for more than 100 days, forcing residents of a low-income apartment complex across the street to stay inside while Portland officials defend the protestors.

Based on Portland’s own website update from Aug. 25, the city even relocated Cottonwood School based on “the dangers of teargas and other chemical weapons.”

The city has also looked into revoking ICE’s permit to operate on Macadam Avenue and launched an investigation into whether ICE is violating the permit. The Macadam ICE facility is a processing facility where immigrants have mandatory check ins as a part of their routine naturalization process, but ICE is only allowed to hold detainees for a maximum of 12 hours.

“There are difficult choices before us as City Council works in partnership with community to address the impacts of a fascist federal government at the local level,” the website states.

Antifa has set up an encampment near the facility and has reportedly assaulted local residents and anyone who tries to broadcast their violent tactics.

Besides local residents giving similar accounts, several journalists have been attacked, threatened or arrested in the last week. Conservative journalist Nick Sortor claims he was wrongfully arrested by Portland police after being assaulted, and YouTuber Nick Shirley has video footage of a masked rioter chasing him down the street and threatening to “smoke” him.

Katie Daviscourt, a Seattle-based correspondent for The Post Millennial, appeared on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Oct. 1, with a black eye to discuss being assaulted. Daviscourt said she tried to chase down her attacker, as well as local police to arrest the person, and the Portland police basically ignored her.

“Oh, yeah, I definitely have a black eye,” she told Watters. “That’s what it’s been like covering Portland for the last four months. Complete lawlessness.”

Daviscourt said Antifa has taken control of several blocks around the facility. They “harass, assault and threaten anyone who they perceive to be a threat to their cause including journalists, local residents and ICE agents.”

“Portland police have completely abandoned this zone,” Daviscourt added. “They refuse to go in and everyone who shows up is on their own.”

Meanwhile, in another report from Oregon Public Broadcasting, local residents and neighbors discussed the situation with mixed feelings. James Moon works the ramps at the Portland International Airport and drove to the area to see what was going on.

Moon is not a U.S. citizen, but hails from the Micronesian Island of Yap, so he can work and live in the U.S. without a visa. Moon said he supports the National Guard and ICE in their effort to uphold immigration laws.

“I came here legally. So, I think by breaking the law, I think it’s a crime,” Moon told OPB, adding that Americans can’t go and work in other countries illegally.

“They’ll be put in jail,” Moon argued. “So, it’s the same thing for people coming here. You have to come to the country legally. I think that’s the right way to do it.”

The back-and-forth legal battle over sending troops to Portland, Ore., began a week ago. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members to protect federal ICE agents and property, which he announced Sept. 27 on his Truth Social platform.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Portland officials immediately filed a lawsuit the next day, Sept. 28, and then sought a temporary restraining order on Monday, Sept. 29, against the Oregon troop deployment.

The Trump administration appealed the ruling, and then Trump announced he would send 200 California National Guard troops to Portland. On Sunday, Oregon officials said they’ve added California as a complainant in their lawsuit and hope to be back in court on Monday, KOIN 6 News reported.

California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom already sued the Trump administration for deploying troops to protect federal buildings in Los Angeles after violent riots broke out in June. He jumped on his X account to chime in about the Oregon lawsuit.

“BREAKING: We just won in court — again. A federal judge BLOCKED Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to DEPLOY 300 OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PORTLAND… Trump’s abuse of power won’t stand.”

As the two Democrat-controlled states challenged Trump in court, a third, conservative state is happy to help restore order in Oregon and Illinois.

Texas National Guard troops have been activated to respond to both Portland and Chicago, according to a Sunday court filing. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker also shared the news on X, saying, “No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.”

The document stated that up to 400 members of the Texas National Guard were being deployed “to perform federal protection missions where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott supports the effort, posting on X about sending Texas National Guard to Oregon, “You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it.”

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