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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, center, at a news conference in Portland, Ore., Sept. 27, 2025, responding to President Donald Trump\u2019s statements about sending troops to the city.<\/p>\n
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The Trump administration called 200 members of the Oregon National Guard into federal service on Sunday for a 60-day deployment, according to a memo sent to Gov. Tina Kotek sent Sunday from the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n
Hours later that order was met with resistance from Oregon\u2019s top officials and the city of Portland in the form of a federal lawsuit arguing the administration had overreached and acted unlawfully. <\/p>\n
In addition to the lawsuit challenging the Trump administration\u2019s use of the Title 10 designation to federalize the state\u2019s National Guard, the local leaders said they would follow up with a temporary restraining order this week to ask a federal judge to block the deployment.<\/p>\n
Related:<\/strong> \u2018Portland is doing just fine\u2019: Oregon governor rejects Trump\u2019s plan to send troops to the city<\/a><\/p>\n For weeks, President Trump has called out Portland, specifically cited protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on Macadam Avenue. <\/p>\n Trump has hinted that he may send additional federal law enforcement or troops to the city. Many state and local officials have disputed that framing, saying that the president is relying on an outdated view of the city and may be referencing videos from the protests in 2020.<\/p>\n Gov. Tina Kotek, Attorney General Dan Rayfield and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson appeared at a news conference Sunday afternoon where the trio announced their lawsuit and pushed back against Trump\u2019s portrayal of the city.<\/p>\n \u201cThe problem is that the president is using social media to inform his views,\u201d Rayfield said. \u201cInstead of working with elected leaders across this country, the president is either purposefully ignoring the reality on the ground in Portland to score political points, or at best is recklessly relying upon social media gossip.\u201d<\/p>\n Throughout the weekend, Oregon officials had hoped to persuade Trump and other cabinet officials from moving forward with a plan he announced on social media Saturday morning to send troops to Portland \u2014 \u201cauthorizing Full Force, if necessary\u201d \u2014 though the president did not specify what he meant.<\/p>\n Kotek said she spoke with Trump Saturday by phone. The two also exchanged text messages Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I can say is the text exchange started with the assumption we would continue to have conversations,\u201d the governor said. \u201cThen we received notice that they were invoking Title 10. I expressed my disagreement and disgruntlement with that decision. And that\u2019s where we\u2019ve left it.\u201d <\/p>\n Kotek said she told the president there was no insurrection or public safety threat that requires military intervention in Oregon. She warned Trump\u2019s decision to federalize members of the National Guard was not only an unlawful abuse of power, but would ultimately make Oregonians less safe. <\/p>\n