The Trump administration is preparing to deploy the National Guard to Portland while waiting for three different federal courts to make decisions over the previous deployment of troops to three Democrat-run cities.

In the Democrat-run states to which President Donald Trump has deployed troops, state governments have filed lawsuits alleging that the federalization and deployment of the National Guard is unlawful. Trump has used the National Guard to protect federal officials and property amid unruly protests over federal immigration operations, which the administration claims have put federal officers in danger.