US federal judge restrained administration from deploying Oregon National Guard troops in Portland

A US federal judge has temporarily restrained President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops in the city of Portland while the lawsuit challenging the decision plays out in court. President Trump had earlier announced that he would send in troops to Portland to protect what he calls a war-ravaged city. The ruling by US District Judge Karin Immergut, who was nominated by President Trump, is a setback for the White House which was planning to deploy the military to Portland and other cities which the president describes as “lawless” and stricken by crime and disorder, even after objections and criticism by the Democratic leaders, the city is being run.
 
The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Karin Immergut pending further arguments in the suit will expire in 14 days on the 18th of this month. Democratic Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s office filed the lawsuit on the 28th of last month, a day after President Trump declared that he would send National Guard troops to Portland in order to protect federal immigration facilities from “domestic terrorists. The complainant said that the deployment of National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon, would violate the US Constitution and the federal law which restricts the military from being used to enforce domestic laws.