"In a statement, the Pentagon said the troops were being sent to Oregon's largest city "to support US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal personnel performing official duties, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property." The federal ICE building in Portland has seen nightly protests recently, which local and state authorities have described as "small and sedate." Trump, on the other hand, has described the city as "war-ravaged.""
"On Saturday, District Judge Karin Immergut who was appointed by Trump disagreed with the White House's claims that Portland is a "war zone," and said the city's "regular law enforcement forces" were able to deal with clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters. Immergut said Trump's description of Portland was "simply untethered to the facts." The troop deployment has been blocked until at least October 18."
About 200 members of California's National Guard are being deployed from Los Angeles to Portland to support ICE and other federal personnel, enforce federal law, and protect federal property. The federal ICE building in Portland has seen nightly protests described by local authorities as small and sedate, while the President characterized the city as war-ravaged. The reassignment aims to circumvent a federal judge's temporary order blocking deployment of Oregon's National Guard; the judge found White House claims exaggerated and said local law enforcement could manage clashes. Oregon's governor called the intervention unnecessary, and the deployment remains blocked until at least October 18.
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