Law enforcement officers stand after deploying tear gas outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Oregon. (Jenny Kane/The Associated Press )
Earlier Monday, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said that Immergut, a Trump appointee, has no authority to bar the president from sending troops to Oregon, and blasted the decision as one of the most "egregious" orders he's ever seen.
"A district court judge has no conceivable authority, whatsoever, to restrict the President and Commander-in-Chief from dispatching members of the US military to defend federal lives and property," Miller said in a Monday X post. "Today’s judicial ruling is one of the most egregious and thunderous violations of constitutional order we have ever seen — and is yet the latest example of unceasing efforts to nullify the 2024 election by fiat."
"Remember: all of this is about preventing the removal of illegal alien trespassers from the United States at any cost," Miller said.
The Sunday temporary restraining order came just hours after Trump signed off on mobilizing California National Guard troops to Portland, despite Immergut’s initial restraining order Saturday blocking the deployment of Oregon National Guard troops to the city.
NATIONAL GUARD NOW IN PLACE FOR OREGON AMID ‘CHAOS, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION’: TRUMP
President Donald Trump speaks to senior military leaders Sept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
"We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military, National Guard, but military," Trump said Tuesday to top military leaders in Quantico, Virginia.
The effort is controversial, given that the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 puts restrictions on deploying U.S. troops to enforce domestic law.
National Guard troops are reserve forces that are mobilized in response to state and federal operations, including natural disasters, and typically are overseen by their respective state governments. However, Trump controversially deployed National Guard troops from states to respond to immigration riots in June, bypassing California Gov. Gavin Newsom to dispatch the troops.
Newsom responded to Immegut’s order late Sunday, and said: "We just won in court — again."
"Trump’s abuse of power won’t stand," Newsom said in a post on X.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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