A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully deployed National Guard troops to Oregon.
In an opinion on Nov. 7, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut said the administration did not have a “colorable basis for invoking” a federal law that allows him to use guardsmen.
Her decision contained an order preventing further deployment, and followed a three-day trial with testimony regarding conditions at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland.
Immergut said the president did not face a situation in which he couldn’t enforce the law, nor did he face a “rebellion or danger of rebellion,” she said….