Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Sending Troops to Portland

A federal judge has permanently blocked President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland.

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued the 106-page ruling on Friday for the lawsuit filed after Trump sent troops to secure U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.

The state of Oregon, the city of Portland, and the state of California sued Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Defense Secretary Kristi Noem.

🚨 Oregon National Guard to Portland Update:

US District Court Judge Karin Immergut has issued a final decision, permanently blocking President Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland.

Last week, she extended the emergency stay until today's ruling.

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— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) November 8, 2025

New: US judge rules Trump illegally ordered National Guard to Portland, Oregon https://t.co/Ko8QX1N7lf Ruling - https://t.co/r06UQlOgtu
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) November 8, 2025

The ruling said that there wasn't enough violence at the protests to require the National Guard, and local police broke up the fights.

"While violent protests did occur in June, they quickly abated due to the efforts of civil law enforcement officers," the ruling said. "And since that brief span of a few days in June, the protests outside the Portland ICE facility have been predominately peaceful, with only isolated and sporadic instances of relatively low-level violence, largely between protesters and counter-protesters."

"When considering these conditions that persisted for months before the President’s federalization of the National Guard, this Court concludes that even giving great deference to the President’s determination, the President did nothave a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard under 10 U.S.C. § 12406."

JUST IN — Federal judge Karin Immergut issues a permanent injunction tonight blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Oregon.

The Trump appointee says there is no rebellion or inability to execute federal laws in Oregon to justify the deployment. pic.twitter.com/AEEpEkDtAO
— Camilo Montoya-Galvez (@camiloreports) November 8, 2025

Trump has also sent troops to reduce violent crime in Washington D.C. and Chicago.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, welcomed the ruling on social media.

A victory for Oregonians, for reality, and the law. Trump and the White House quislings who carry out his authoritarian fantasies should now respect that troops are neither needed nor wanted in our state. Time for the administration to follow the Constitution it swore to uphold. https://t.co/pJ0IhGHTAA
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) November 8, 2025

🚨 BREAKING — A federal judge in Oregon has kept the injunction blocking National Guard deployment in Portland.

The order extends the ban on federalized Guard troops entering the city while the Ninth Circuit’s en banc review moves forward. pic.twitter.com/dMGQZXkuTO
— oceanplot (@oceanplot) November 8, 2025

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