A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland. Trump appointee U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut issued the ruling Friday, after a three-day trial that concluded last week. The sides argued over whether protests at the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building met the conditions set out by Congress for using the military domestically. A higher appellate court order under which the National Guard is federalized but not deployed remains in effect. Legal experts say that order would have barred troops from being deployed anyway.
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