Oregon leaders say Trump is deploying 200 National Guard troops within the state
September 28, 2025
Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration enforcement officers and government facilities. The deployment was described in a Defense Department memo received by state leaders on Sunday and is being made over their objections. It’s similar to one last summer in Los Angeles, where protesters demonstrated against deportation operations, but is on a much smaller scale. President Donald Trump had announced on Saturday that he would send troops to Portland, but the state’s Democratic governor said she objected to the deployment. The state attorney general said he had filed a federal lawsuit, arguing the president was overstepping his authority.