{"id":3015,"date":"2025-09-29T07:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/trump-to-deploy-200-national-guard-troops-to-oregon-as-state-leaders-sue\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:35:57","slug":"trump-to-deploy-200-national-guard-troops-to-oregon-as-state-leaders-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/trump-to-deploy-200-national-guard-troops-to-oregon-as-state-leaders-sue\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to deploy 200 National Guard troops to Oregon as state leaders sue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The Democrat-run state is challenging Trump\u2019s authority to deploy soldiers to what he has called \u2018war ravaged Portland\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered 200 Oregon National Guard soldiers to be deployed to the state of Oregon under federal authority, in a move swiftly challenged by the Democratic-run state in a federal lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>A memorandum signed by Hegseth and addressed to the state\u2019s top military officer said that the troops would be \u201ccalled into Federal service effective immediately for a period of 60 days\u201d, a day after US President Donald Trump said he wanted to send soldiers to \u2018war-ravaged Portland,\u2019 the state\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/27\/trump-orders-deployment-of-troops-to-us-city-of-portland-and-ice-facilities\">Trump orders deployment of troops to US city of Portland and ICE facilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/25\/us-defence-secretary-summons-military-leaders-to-virginia-mystery-meeting\">US defence secretary summons military leaders to Virginia mystery meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/27\/native-americans-condemn-pentagon-move-to-preserve-wounded-knee-medals\">Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/29\/its-about-time-trump-says-he-will-join-gathering-of-us-military-leaders\">\u2018It\u2019s about time\u2019: Trump says he will join gathering of US military leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Oregon\u2019s governor, Democrat Tina Kotek, said on Sunday that she had objected to the deployment in a conversation with the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOregon is our home \u2014 not a military target,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield filed a lawsuit in federal court in Portland on Sunday against Hegseth, Trump and US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, shortly after state officials received the memo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is not about public safety,\u201d Rayfield\u00a0said. \u201cIt\u2019s about the president flexing political muscle under the guise of law and order, chasing a media hit at the expense of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/25\/when-and-why-has-the-national-guard-been-deployed-in-the-us-before\">National Guard<\/a> is a state-based reserve military force in the US that can be mobilised for active duty when needed. It typically responds to domestic emergencies, such as natural disasters and civil unrest, and also supports military operations abroad.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3992528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3992528\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/afp_68d9ef6ebb7c-1759113070.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C513&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"PORTLAND, OREGON - SEPTEMBER 27: Protesters stand outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on September 27, 2025 in Portland, Oregon. In a Truth Social post, President Trump authorized the deployment of military troops to \"protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.\" Mathieu Lewis-Rolland\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by Mathieu Lewis-Rolland \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3992528\">Protesters stand outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Saturday in Portland, Oregon [Mathieu Lewis-Rolland\/Getty Images\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the memorandum does not specifically cite Portland as the target of the proposed deployment, Trump, in a social media post on Saturday, said he had directed the Pentagon, at Noem\u2019s request, \u201cto provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/18\/what-is-antifa-what-does-trumps-major-terrorist-label-mean\">Antifa<\/a>, and other domestic terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>ICE, the department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sits under the Homeland Security Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am also authorising Full Force, if necessary,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>While the Trump administration has promised to crack down on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/18\/what-is-antifa-what-does-trumps-major-terrorist-label-mean\">Antifa<\/a>, a loosely affiliated left-wing anti-fascist movement, according to the CATO Institute, people with right-wing ideologies have been responsible for 54 percent of politically motivated murders in the country since 2020, more than double the number attributed to the left.<\/p>\n<p>Just days before Trump\u2019s announcement on Saturday, a deadly shooting took place at an ICE facility in Texas. One detainee was killed and two others were severely injured in the attack, which Trump blamed, without providing evidence, on the \u201cradical left\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Trump has ordered troops deployed to several states and cities where his political rivals, the Democratic Party, are in power.<\/p>\n<p><span>Most recently, he has also ordered troops deployed to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/16\/trump-orders-national-guard-troops-to-memphis-in-latest-military-deployment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis, Tennessee<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/amp\/news\/2025\/9\/27\/trump-orders-deployment-of-troops-to-us-city-of-portland-and-ice-facilities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago, Illinois<\/a>, after earlier deployments to the nation\u2019s capital, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the crackdown, protests against the US government\u2019s anti-immigration policies have continued outside ICE facilities, where advocates say people are being held in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/7\/21\/less-than-human-report-details-trump-immigration-detention-centre-abuses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">degrading and crowded conditions<\/a>, as the Trump administration continues to push for mass deportations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Protesters gathered outside an ICE building in Portland over the weekend, some wearing brightly coloured costumes.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Oregonian newspaper, fewer than 100 people remained at the protest outside the federal building, in the city which is home to some 635,000 people, on Sunday evening after an earlier crowd had begun to disperse.<\/p>\n<p>The Oregonian also reported on Saturday that federal officers had arrested more than two dozen people outside the federal building since June, but that most of the arrests had occurred in the first month of protests against Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrat-run state is challenging Trump\u2019s authority to deploy soldiers to what he has called \u2018war ravaged Portland\u2019. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered 200 Oregon National Guard soldiers to be deployed to the state of Oregon under federal authority, in a move swiftly challenged by the Democratic-run state in a federal lawsuit. &#8230; <a title=\"Trump to deploy 200 National Guard troops to Oregon as state leaders sue\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/trump-to-deploy-200-national-guard-troops-to-oregon-as-state-leaders-sue\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump to deploy 200 National Guard troops to Oregon as state leaders sue\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}