The Pentagon has federalized 200 members of the Oregon National Guard for a 60-day stint in Portland. The order places them under U.S. Northern Command and tasks them with protecting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, other federal employees carrying out federal duties, and federal property.

The trigger was a presidential directive after claims that Portland is “war-ravaged” and that ICE sites face organized attacks.

A Defense Department memo confirms the call-up and its focus on federal facilities, not city policing.

Oregon’s governor says she told the president there is no insurrection and therefore no need for troops. State leaders have gone to court seeking to block or narrow the federalization. National coverage and local reporting note that recent demonstr

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