Appeals Court Tosses Order Allowing Trump to Deploy National Guard in Oregon

The ruling vacates an Oct. 20 order issued by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, the Border Patrol, and police, clash with protesters outside a downtown U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 4, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A federal appeals court on Oct. 28 threw out an order allowing President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops to deal with violence directed against federal immigration facilities in Portland, Oregon.

Trump had said in a Truth Social post on Sept. 27 that he was sending troops “to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.”