U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut issued an order Oct. 5 barring any National Guard troops from any state from deploying to Portland to perform federal duties.

The order comes after Oregon and the city of Portland filed a motion Oct. 5 asking the court to block the federalization of California National Guard troops in Portland.

The U.S. military reassigned around 200 California National Guard troops to Portland after Immergut on Oct. 4 blocked the federal government’s deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard troop to Portland.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced the move and amended lawsuit Oct. 5, which added California as a party in the suit.

According to a news release from Rayfield, 100 California National Guard troops were deployed to Oregon from Joint Forces Tr

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