The Trump administration was temporarily blocked from sending any National Guard troops to Oregon, including the California National Guard, by a federal judge on Sunday night.
The big picture: U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut's temporary restraining order came after California joined Oregon's lawsuit challenging the administration's deployment of 200 members of the Golden State's National Guard to Portland, the latest Democrat-run city President Trump has targeted. Trump is expected to appeal the ruling.
- The Trump-appointed Judge Immergut had on Saturday granted a temporary restraining order blocking the deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, which the Trump administration is appealing.
- She expanded her order after California joined the suit and the governors of Oregon and Illinois said Trump told them they were among the locations he'd send Texas' National Guard to.
The latest: Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, said on X early Monday the president has "undisputed authority under both statute and the Constitution to deploy troops, stationed in any state" to defend federal facilities.
- "A district court judge has no conceivable authority, whatsoever, to restrict the President and Commander-in-Chief from dispatching members of the US military to defend federal lives and property," he said in the lengthy post that was mocked by a jubilant California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
State of play: Trump had moved to federalize the National Guard because he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities needed protecting from the decentralized, leaderless antifascist movement antifa "and other domestic terrorists," but the states argue this is unlawful.
- Immergut wrote on Saturday that protests outside a Portland ICE facility "were not significantly violent or disruptive in the days — or even weeks — leading up to" Trump's September deployment directive.
- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) in a video posted to Bluesky noted that Immergut's latest order was broader, "pausing all attempts to bring any National Guard from any state" to Portland.
Zoom in: Immergut said at the emergency hearing she was "troubled by the direct contravention" of her earlier order, per the Oregonian.
- "It is not appropriate to bring federalized military into Oregon at this time," she said, according to multiple reports.
- Immergut extended the case's second temporary restraining order for 14 days
What they're saying: Newsom said in a statement that the "rule of law has prevailed — and California's National Guard will soon be heading home.
- He called the ruling "a victory for American democracy itself," adding: "Donald Trump tried to turn our soldiers into instruments of his political will. While our fight continues, tonight the rule of law said 'hell no'."
- Newsom also celebrated the judge's ruling in a post to X, saying "Trump's abuse of power won't stand."
BREAKING: We just won in court — again.
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) October 6, 2025
A federal judge BLOCKED Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to DEPLOY 300 OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PORTLAND.
The court granted our request for a Temporary Restraining Order — HALTING ANY FEDERALIZATION, RELOCATION, OR DEPLOYMENT of ANY…
- Rayfield said on Bluesky, "The president cannot keep playing whack-a-mole with different states' Guard units to get around court orders and the rule of law."
The other side: "There is no legal distinction between a state volunteering guardsmen to guard the border and volunteering guardsmen to guard a federal immigration facility," Miller said in a post to X early Monday.
- "Either we have a federal government, a supremacy clause, and a nation, or we don't."
What's next: A hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 29 before Immergut in the case that names as defendants Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the DHS.
Go deeper: California, Oregon suing Trump in bid to stop troop deployment to Portland
Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.
