Karin Immergut, then a nominee to be US District judge for Oregon, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in October 2018. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images/File

The federal judge in Oregon who ruled against President Donald Trump by temporarily blocking his push to deploy troops to Portland has received bipartisan praise throughout her career and has issued rulings that could be viewed as benefiting both left- and right-wing causes.

US District Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday issued a ruling that temporarily prevented the Trump administration from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to protect an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility that has been the focus of recent protests in Portland.

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