PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A federal appeals court could rule at any time on whether to block or allow National Guard troops to deploy in Portland, following an emergency hearing Thursday morning that left both sides waiting for answers.

The legal battle over the federalization and deployment of troops to Portland escalated to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after the Trump administration quickly appealed a federal judge’s decision last weekend to block the troop deployment through a temporary restraining order.

The panel of judges issued an order Wednesday , saying that the 200 Oregon National Guard members can remain federalized but can’t deploy to Portland until an appeals decision is made.

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