Public SafetyUpdated: Oct. 31, 2025, 11:02 a.m.|Published: Oct. 31, 2025, 10:48 a.m.
Protesters at the ICE building in South Portland, Oregon on October 29, 2025.Allison Barr/The Oregonian
The federal government this week refused to agree to a brief extension of a judge’s order barring the federal deployment of any National Guard troops to Portland in order to keep the status quo while giving the judge more time to rule on the legal case before her.
U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut’s Oct. 5 temporary order, already extended once, is set to expire Sunday.
Maxine Bernstein covers federal court, law enforcement and criminal justice issues after spending two decades covering Portland police. She joined The Oregonian in 1998 after a seven-year stint working for The… more
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