PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon state, local and congressional leaders responded with dismay Monday after an appeals court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops on the streets of Portland.

It's the latest development in an escalating legal battle between the federal government and local leadership, centered on protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland's South Waterfront district.

A three-judge panel at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to stay a lower federal court's temporary restraining order which had paused the deployment of Oregon National Guard troops over two weeks prior .

In her dissent , Judge Susan P. Graber said the ruling was "not merely absurd," but "erodes core constitutional pri

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