President Donald Trump and his administration are fighting to keep federal control of the Oregon National Guard as they appeal a judge’s order barring their deployment to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.

In an emergency motion filed Sunday night, federal attorneys asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to put a hold on Oregon U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut’s permanent injunction blocking the federal mobilization and deployment of National Guard troops from any state to Oregon.

The U.S. Justice Department argued that Immergut failed to give the president sufficient deference and downplayed the “dangerous conditions” at the ICE building in Portland, the scene of nightly protests since June.

If the 9th Circuit is not inclined to grant a f

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