PORTLAND, Ore. — In a letter sent Tuesday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said she called on a high-ranking U.S. military leader to demobilize both Oregon and California National Guard troops currently in limbo after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deploying them in Portland.

The governor's letter was addressed to Gen. Gregory Guillot, OPB reported , commander of U.S. Northern Command, which has been in charge of guard troops from both states since the Trump administration federalized them under Title 10 — since June, in the case of the California troops, and since Sept. 28 for the Oregon troops.

Prior to U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut's temporary restraining orders, the 200 federalized Oregon National Guard troops were training for the mobilization at Camp R

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