When President Donald Trump mobilized the Oregon National Guard last month, military officials acknowledged it could take a little over a week to deploy troops to Portland.

Now after more than three weeks of uncertainty, Monday’s 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision favoring Trump means the president is one big step closer to sending troops to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland.

The deployment could, at least in theory, come within days, based on discussions among lawyers and a judge in federal court.

Members of the Oregon and California National Guard are said to be stationed and waiting at one or two Oregon military training centers. They could conceivably arrive within hours of Trump winning another plea before a federal judge or the w

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