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Trump is deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops under federal control, which he says are needed to protect immigration officers and government facilities.
Oregon’s governor and attorney general are objecting. The state is filing a federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s authority.
The deployment is similar to the Los Angeles operation in June but is much smaller in scale.
WASHINGTON — Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed within the state, a move the Trump administration says is needed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities, according to a Defense Department memo received by state leade