PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After granting a preliminary injunction barring any troop deployment in Portland, U.S. Judge Karin Immergut will decide Friday whether to extend the order indefinitely.

In a Sunday evening decision, Judge Immergut ruled the preliminary injunction would remain in place until 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, when she will make her final ruling. The current injunction blocks federal officials from deploying any National Guard members from any state to be sent to Oregon.

Immergut, a Trump appointee, presided over a three-day trial earlier last week. She previously issued two temporary restraining orders in the case, blocking the troops pending further litigation.

A preliminary injunction is considered stronger than a temporary restraining order. While a TRO has an expiratio

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