Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek was informed Sunday that the Texas National Guard is preparing a deployment to Oregon.

The news came as U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut was holding a hearing by phone Sunday night after the state of Oregon and City of Portland added California to an amended lawsuit filed against the Trump administration. They sought a new emergency order to block California National Guard troops from mobilizing in Portland.

They’ve also asked the judge to prohibit the Trump administration from sending any National Guard members from any other state under his command to Oregon.

That hearing was scheduled for 7 p.m., but technical difficulties in getting the public phone line working have delayed it.

Immergut on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to halt its mobil

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