Updated 1:03 pm October 15

A temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon has been extended.

On Wednesday, October 15, US District Judge Karin Immergut extended the temporary restraining order (TRO) she’d granted on October 5 for another two weeks. The TRO was set to expire October 18.

The ruling comes as the state of Oregon is tangled up in a lawsuit against the federal government for President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops, to help guard the Portland ICE facility amid protests there. Oregon attorneys say the deployment is unnecessary and violates the US Constitution.

Judge Immergut’s ruling to grant the TRO earlier this month triggered an appeal from the federal government that is now being decided by the 9th Circuit Court of

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