'Using the US military on our streets is not normal': Oregon AG
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() A Trump-appointed federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard units to Oregon from anywhere in the U.S.

On Sunday night, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, whom Trump appointed during his first term, expanded on her previous ruling that prevented the administration from sending Oregon National Guard units to Portland.

Democratic Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s office initially filed a lawsuit Sept. 28, a day after Trump said he would send troops to Oregon to protect Portland and ICE facilities from “domestic terrorists.”

Rayfield told ” Live” that the attorney general’s office took “real facts” to the judge from “on the ground in Portland,” noting that as of Aug. 8, homicide rates are down 51% in the city this year.

“Using the United States military on our streets is not normal, and that’s why the judge sided with us,” Rayfield continued.

Trump sought to mobilize National Guard units from California and Texas

Following Immergut’s initial ruling Saturday, the Trump administration announced plans to send National Guard units from California and Texas to Portland. In a subsequent hearing Sunday, Immergut expanded the ruling to block National Guard units from any state or Washington, D.C., from being sent to Portland.

Rayfield explained that the Trump administration’s attempt to use the California and Texas National Guard to circumvent the ruling led to the “judge getting incredibly frustrated with the Trump administration.”

“I am certainly troubled by now hearing that both California and Texas National Guard are being sent into Oregon, which does appear to be in direct contravention of my order,” Immergut said, as reported by Politico.

When can the president federalize the National Guard?

Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the National Guard can be federalized when there is a rebellion, the U.S. is invaded or there is danger of either occurring and if the president cannot execute U.S. law with regular forces.

Rayfield clarified that none of the conditions outlined in Title 10 have been satisfied and that, therefore, the deployment of the National Guard to Portland isn’t justified.

‘s Patrick Djordjevic contributed to this report.

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