(NewsNation) — A Trump-appointed federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard units to Oregon from anywhere in the U.S.

On Sunday night, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, whom Trump appointed during his first term, expanded on her previous ruling that prevented the administration from sending Oregon National Guard units to Portland.

Democratic Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s office initially filed a lawsuit Sept. 28, a day after Trump said he would send troops to Oregon to protect Portland and ICE facilities from "domestic terrorists.”

Rayfield told "NewsNation Live" that the attorney general's office took "real facts" to the judge from "on the ground in Portland," noting that as of Aug. 8, homicide rates are down 51% in the city

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