A federal judge in Portland, Ore. temporarily blocked President Trump from federalizing 200 members of the state's National Guard.

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut ruled that the government didn't meet the threshold for declaring recent ongoing protests outside an ICE facility in Portland a rebellion. She noted in her ruling that the Portland Police Bureau's 812 officers are trained in crowd management and First Amendment law. She also noted their mutual aid agreements with neighboring law enforcement agencies, as well as with the Oregon State Police and federal law enforcement, signaling that they had protests well in hand.

"If additional resources beyond all of these are critically needed, PPB may request that Oregon's Governor provide National Guard resources for a locally declar

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