A federal appeals court allowed President Donald Trump to federalize 200 Oregon National Guardsmen and deploy them to Portland on Monday, lifting a lower court’s block on the president’s order deploying the troops.

A three judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 in favor of lifting the order from U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, finding the president was likely within his lawful authority to federalize and deploy troops to protect federal immigration officers and facilities in Portland after unruly protests.

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