The city of Portland, state leaders and hundreds of Oregon and California National Guard troops are in legal limbo as federal courts determine the legality of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented efforts to federalize and deploy Guard troops to U.S. cities.

Trump and his administration have not as of Monday afternoon asked a federal appeals court to overrule a temporary restraining order blocking him from sending National Guard troops from any state and Washington D.C. to Portland, though they did appeal Sunday for a stay on an earlier, narrower order blocking the mobilization of Oregon’s National Guard.

“We’re in wait mode…” Jenny Hansson, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Justice, said via text Monday morning. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has not had direct communication from Tru

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