Lawyers for the state on Tuesday urged U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut not to lift her temporary order barring federal deployment of any National Guard troops to protect Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement property and officers.

They filed their request after a divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday placed a hold on Immergut’s narrower order that barred federal deployment of only Oregon National Guard troops.

The appellate panel’s majority said their finding also should apply to the Immergut’s second, broader order.

The state lawyers said Immergut should keep the second order in place until the 9th Circuit decides if a larger panel of 11 judges should rehear the matter.

The Trump administration lawyers have asked Immergut

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