Trump’s Portland Troop Deployment Allowed for Now by Appeals Court

The full US appeals court in San Francisco will vote on whether to reconsider a ruling Monday by a three-judge panel that for now allows President Donald Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, over the objection of state and local leaders.

The panel decided 2-1 that a lower court judge who temporarily blocked the deployment of 200 Oregon National Guard members to Portland had failed to give sufficient deference to Trump’s decision and downplayed acts of violence by people protesting the president’s immigration crackdown.