PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon is still waiting on a decision from a federal appeals court about President Donald Trump's plan to deploy National Guard troops in Portland.

As of Friday night, there is still no ruling from the Ninth Circuit, but a legal expert who spoke with KOIN 6 News expects that it may rule in favor of the Trump Administration.

"If the troops are only deployed to protect the ICE building, my sense from the argument is that the panel would be probably OK with that,” Tung Yin with the Lewis and Clark Law School said.

Both Portland and Chicago are involved in the growing legal battle between the White House and local officials over protests outside Portland's ICE facility and the limits of presidential power.

In Chicago, a federal judge halted the administration's depl

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