FILE – Bill Glenn protests against the Trump administration’s push to deploy the National Guard to Portland outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 20, 2025.
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U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut said late Sunday she would continue to block the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Oregon until Friday, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m.
The short-term preliminary injunction comes at a crucial moment. Immergut’s temporary restraining order, which blocked any National Guard troops under the president’s authority from deploying anywhere in Oregon, was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
Immergut wrote she’s still in the “process of diligently reviewing all the evidence,” which includes hundreds of exhibits and additional arguments following the three-day trial that ended Friday afternoon.
This order is the latest in a month-long legal battle over the president’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Oregon. In late September, Trump announced on social media he would “provide all necessary Troops” to protect Portland, which he described as “War ravaged” and “under siege” by “domestic terrorists.”
Immergut’s decision Sunday, while not final, suggests she’s likely to side with the states of Oregon and California, and the city of Portland, who say the president’s efforts to deploy troops is unlawful and a violation of state sovereignty.
During the trial last week, law enforcement officers gave divergent views on the danger of ongoing protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in the city’s South Waterfront neighborhood. Officials with the Portland Police Bureau testified that the protests had mostly quieted after peaking in June. While federal law enforcement said they were outnumbered, and needed additional support.
In her 16-page order, Immergut said she found “no credible evidence” that protests outside the ICE building “grew out of control or involved more than isolated and sporadic instances of violent conduct that resulted in no serious injuries to federal personnel,” in the months before the president took control of the Oregon National Guard.
“From the beginning, this case has been about making sure the facts—not the President’s political whims—guide how the law is applied,” Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said in a statement following Sunday night’s order.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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