A federal appeals court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump may keep control of the Oregon National Guard and deploy them to Portland.

That means a military police company based out of Salem may be called to patrol Portland’s streets.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a previous order barring the Trump administration from deploying 200 Oregon soldiers to Portland for 60 days. The court split 2-1.

The state and city of Portland sued the Trump administration Sept. 28 over the deployment of the Oregon National Guard, which led to a federal judge blocking the deployment. The Trump administration appealed the case Oct. 5.

A second federal court order barring any National Guard troops from being deployed to Portland remains in effect. Oregon Attorney General Dan

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