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A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration's attempt to roll out National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, was unconstitutional.
On Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, temporarily extended an order blocking the administration from stationing troops in the Pink City, saying the government had failed to justify the move.
In a Sunday evening order, Immergut temporarily blocked the “accused defense minister.” [Pete] Hegseth from implementing memoranda that authorized the federalization and stationing of National Guard members from Oregon, Texas and California in Portland.
The ban remained in effect until Friday.
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A protester holds a sign as law enforcement officers stand outside an ICE facility on October 21 in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Friday's 106-page ruling makes the order permanent.
This was followed by a three-day trial on the question of whether protests outside US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Portland guaranteed domestic use of military forces in accordance with federal law.
The administration has said the troops are needed to protect federal personnel and property.
Law enforcement officers walk out of the gates of an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, toward protesters on October 11. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Immergut said in the ruling that “the evidence shows that these opposed deployments Governor of Oregon and not requested by federal officials responsible for guarding the ICE building, exceeded the authority of the President” because he failed to demonstrate the existence of an insurrection or threat of insurrection that could not be carried out without the military.
The judge added that “even with great respect for the President's decision, the President had no legal basis federalize the National Guard“
Immergut called the order unconstitutional, saying it violated 10th amendment“which “reserves to the states” any powers not expressly delegated to the federal government in the Constitution.”
Federal agents stand outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)
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The city of Portland and the state of Oregon are suing the city over deployment in September after Hegseth sent 200 soldiers into the city.
The administration can appeal the decision.
The administration also faces a temporary ban. in Chicago where a judge barred the administration from deploying troops.
