President Donald Trump was just barred from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, by a judge whom he appointed. 

Breitbart News identifies the judge as U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut.

The outlet reports, "President Trump nominated Judge Immergut to the federal bench in 2018 during his first term."

Karin was appointed by Trump and confirmed by (UNANIMOUS) VOICE VOTE in 2019.

Immergut was a Democrat when she left Portland to work for Ken Starr. After that, she became a Republican in order to become a U.S. Attorney under George W. Bush.

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The latest ruling

Immergut issued her latest ruling in the case on Friday. It comes not long after her previous ruling.

Fox News explains:

In the Sunday evening order, Immergut temporarily blocked "Defendant Secretary of Defense [Pete] Hegseth from implementing" memorandums that authorized the federalization and deployment of National Guard members from Oregon, Texas and California into Portland. The injunction remained in effect until Friday. Friday’s 106-page ruling makes the order permanent.

In this latest ruling, Immergut found Trump's attempt to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, unconstitutional.

The New York Times reports:

In her final 106-page ruling, Judge Immergut rejected arguments from government lawyers that protests at the ICE building made it impossible for federal officers to carry out immigration enforcement, represented a rebellion or raised the threat of rebellion. “The evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which were objected to by Oregon’s governor and not requested by the federal officials in charge of protection of the ICE building, exceeded the president’s authority,” she wrote.

The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision.

Background

This particular case goes back to September 2025.

Breitbart reports:

In late September, President Trump announced the need for guard troops in Portland, but Oregon’s Democrat Gov. Tina Kotek declined to activate the requested 200 troops. The Trump administration responded by federalizing the soldiers.

Trump has been making moves like this around the country in order to try to get crime under control. In several big cities, however, he has received significant pushback from their Democratic leadership.

The Times explains:

Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, a president may use the National Guard on U.S. soil in only three circumstances: a foreign invasion; a rebellion, or threat of a rebellion; or if the laws of the nation cannot be enforced with existing resources. During a three-day trial late last month, administration lawyers argued that the last two conditions applied in Oregon.

Immergut, obviously, disagreed. Now, we'll have to see what the appellate judges think.