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US appeals court lets Trump send troops to Portland

A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that Trump's deployment of 200 National Guard troops to Portland is a measured response to protests disrupting federal law enforcement, while legal challenges continue.

  • On Monday, a 9th Circuit panel ruled that President Donald Trump can deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland, lifting a lower court's block while litigation continues.
  • The Trump administration argued the Guard was needed to protect an ICE facility after months of protests and cited assaults on federal officers, while City of Portland and State of Oregon officials said demonstrations were largely peaceful.
  • U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a temporary restraining order on Oct. 4 and extended it on Oct. 15, yet roughly 200 California Guard members were moved toward Oregon despite the block.
  • The decision allows troops to protect federal property in Portland while litigation continues, but Oregon officials warned it grants the president near-unilateral power and urged vacating the majority order; the Trump administration has filed a Supreme Court appeal.
  • Appeals courts have split over these deployments, with the 9th Circuit backing presidential judgments under Section 12406, Title 10, while the 7th Circuit blocked troops in Chicago.
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A U.S. court of appeal has provisionally allowed President Trump to send National Guards to the city of Portland.

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The Trump administration received a green light to send the Oregon National Guard to Portland after a federal appeals court overturned on Monday the order of a lower court that had banned deployment, but there is at least one more legal obstacle to overcome before troops are on the ground. “After considering the file at this preliminary stage, we conclude that the President is likely to have legally exercised his statutory authority,” said the 9…

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The Trump administration claims that Portland is immersed in violence due to demonstrations outside the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) facilities, although Protestants in that city have changed their speech by increasingly attending the disguised or naked protests.

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Trump scored a legal victory over troop deployment in Portland. Here’s what we know

The Trump administration has been given the green light to send the Oregon National Guard into Portland after a federal appeals court on Monday overturned a lower court’s order to bar the deployment – but there’s one more legal hurdle to clear before there will boots on the ground in one of the several Democrat-led cities targeted for Guard deployment.

·Atlanta, United States
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In the dispute over the deployment of the National Guard in Portland, US President Trump has achieved a partial legal success. An appeal court allows for the first time the deployment of troops - against the resistance of the democratic leadership in Oregon.

·Hamburg, Germany
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WAAY-TV broke the news in Huntsville, United States on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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