As the deployment of 200 National Guard troops to Portland has been postponed by “a couple of days”, former Republican Washington State Attorney General, Rob McKenna, said he won’t be surprised if a federal judge declares the deployment illegal before it happens.

The Oregon State Department of Military blamed the delay on “administrative tasks” that most likely include figuring out logistics like transportation to the ICE detention facility in S.W. Portland, housing, and food for the soldiers. There’s no word on whether the soldiers will be armed or not.

The lawsuit, filed last week by the Oregon State Attorney General and City of Portland in U.S. District Court in Oregon, claims the Trump Administration does not have the authority to deploy or send troops anywhere to conduct law enforce

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