Judge permanently blocks Trump deployment of National Guard to Portland

Published November 7, 2025 10:56pm ET



A federal judge permanently blocked President Donald Trump on Friday from deploying the National Guard to Portland, where the administration has cited clashes between anti-ICE protesters and federal officers as justifying the military presence.

United States District Judge Karin Immergut found that the federal government violated the 10th Amendment and Title 10, Section 12406 of the U.S. Code by sending National Guard troops to the city of Oregon in late September to guard an ICE office building.

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