Members of the California National Guard touched down in Portland this morning at the direction of the Trump administration, Gov. Tina Kotek confirmed today. The deployment comes just one day after a federal judge ruled in Oregon’s favor by blocking the president’s deployment of the Oregon National Guard.

The move shows Trump’s determination to station troops at the South Portland office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a site of small-scale protests. His latest gambit appears intended to circumvent a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued Saturday, which blocked the deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland.

Trump has falsely characterized the city as a “war-ravaged” place in need of federal intervention. In fed

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