Trump administration files emergency appeal to keep control of Oregon National Guard troops

Conrad Wilson/OPB

November 17, 2025 / 9:35 am

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court late Sunday to immediately place a hold on a court ruling preventing the president from sending National Guard troops to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland.

On Nov. 7, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut issued a 106-page permanent injunction that prevented the action and would return control of 200 Oregon National Guard members to state control by Friday.

In an emergency motion filed Sunday with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice said Immergut’s order effectively second-guessed military judge

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