Federal Appeals Court Seems Sympathetic to Trump’s Bid for National Guard Deployment in Oregon

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

Demonstrators, both those supportive of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and those against it, meet outside the agency's facility in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 3, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A federal appeals court on Oct. 9 seemed sympathetic to President Donald Trump’s bid to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to deal with violence directed at federal immigration facilities, while hearing arguments in a case brought against the president by the state.

The hearing dealt with the federal government’s emergency appeal of the Oct. 4 order of 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.