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National Guard troops blocked from deploying to Portland, judge rules.
In a 31-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut rejected the federal government’s assertion that Portland faces a “danger of rebellion” and said she wasn’t persuaded by the U.S. Justice Department’s argument that “regular forces” are unable to execute federal law.
Lawyers for the U.S. government also failed to show that federal officers need backup from the National Guard to protect the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building or themselves, Immergut found.
The state and the city of Portland, the judge wrote, provided substantial evidence that the protests at the ICE field office in South Portland “were not significantly violent or disruptive in the days - or even weeks - leading up to the President’s directive” issued last weekend.
Sorry @DanTravis62


In a 31-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut rejected the federal government’s assertion that Portland faces a “danger of rebellion” and said she wasn’t persuaded by the U.S. Justice Department’s argument that “regular forces” are unable to execute federal law.
Lawyers for the U.S. government also failed to show that federal officers need backup from the National Guard to protect the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building or themselves, Immergut found.
The state and the city of Portland, the judge wrote, provided substantial evidence that the protests at the ICE field office in South Portland “were not significantly violent or disruptive in the days - or even weeks - leading up to the President’s directive” issued last weekend.
Sorry @DanTravis62


