Federal judge blocks Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard to Portland

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday said that he would sue the Trump administration after they deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon.

A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from sending federalized National Guard members from California — or any other state — to the streets of Portland, Oregon.

In a rare, late Sunday night virtual hearing, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut granted the motion for a temporary restraining order filed by the state of California, which asked her to prevent the deployment of up to 300 members of the California National Guard to Portland.

The decision from Immergut, a Trump appointee, came a day after she blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy Oregon National Guard troops in Portland.

Earlier Sunday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would sue the Trump administration after it deployed the federalized troops — National Guard members called into service by the president — to Oregon.

“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” Newsom said in a statement. “The Trump Administration is unapologetically attacking the rule of law itself and putting into action their dangerous words — ignoring court orders and treating judges, even those appointed by the President himself, as political opponents.”