Federal Appeals Court Allows Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Oregon

On Oct. 8, the appeals court restored the president’s control over the troops but said he could not deploy them for the time being.

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

A federal appeals court ruled on Oct. 20 that President Donald Trump may deploy National Guard troops to deal with violence directed against federal immigration facilities in Portland, Oregon, while the case works its way through the lower courts.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit voted 2–1 to stay an Oct. 4 order of District Judge Karin J. Immergut of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, who blocked a move by Trump to deploy members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland.