The Trump administration told a federal appeals court on Nov. 3 that it wants to withdraw its appeal of a ruling preventing the deployment of state National Guard troops to deal with violence directed against federal immigration facilities in Portland, Oregon.
A president may take over, or federalize, National Guard troops on an emergency basis in certain circumstances.
A lower court order temporarily blocking the deployment remains in effect.
Trump had said in a Sept. 27 post on Truth Social that he was sending troops “to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.”…