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Judge blocks Trump administration from deploying national guard to Portland

A demonstrator argues with a law enforcement officer in front of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 4, 2025. REUTERS/John Rudoff
Protesters outside Ice headquarters in south Portland. A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deploying the national guard to the city. Photograph: John Rudoff/Reuters

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deploying the national guard to Portland, Oregon, according to court documents.

Donald Trump had announced on 27 September that he would deploy troops to Portland, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

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