A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump ‘s National Guard deployment to Portland, Oregon , in what is a temporary legal setback for the administration as it seeks to quell violence in the city.

The ruling , issued by U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday night, granted the state of Oregon a temporary restraining order on the deployment, which is set to expire on Oct. 18.

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While Immergut’s decision does not declare the deployment unlawful, she concluded her opinion by writing that the Trump administration’s argument

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