U.S. Northern Command plans to demobilize all remaining members of the Oregon National Guard by Friday, Gov. Tina Kotek announced.

The governor said Monday that 100 Oregon guard troops were in process of being demobilized, while the other 100 would remain under the authority of President Donald Trump. That shifted Wednesday after the governor’s office said Kotek received a “verbal demobilization order from the U.S. Northern Command.”

The 200 Oregon National Guard troops were first called into service by Trump on Sept. 28, over the governor’s objections, in response to ongoing protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. The troop’s federalization and deployment has been the subject of several legal challenges.

“I am relieved that all 200 Oregon cit

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