• Immergut rules to permanently block National Guard deployment to Portland

    Immergut rules to permanently block National Guard deployment to Portland

    . U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut issued an order Friday permanently blocking President Donald Trump from sending National Guard soldiers to Oregon against the wishes of state and local leaders, the Oregon Capitol Chronicle reported. Immergut, a Trump appointee, ruled that Trump’s justification for the attempted late September deployment, that protests outside the U.S.…