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They asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to overturn a temporary restraining order issued Saturday by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut. Federal law allows the president to deploy Guard members if there’s an invasion from a foreign nation, a rebellion or if the president cannot carry out federal laws with “regular forces.”
During their questioning in the 73-minute hearing, 9th Circuit Judges Bridget S. Bade and Ryan D. Nelson were critical of Oregon Judge Karin J. Immergut’s decision to restrict President Trump’s assessment of conditions at Portland’s ICE field office to what was happening there in September instead of earlier in the summer.
Federal appeals court to decide whether Trump can send National Guard to Portland in a case that could impact California troops.
The Trump administration appealed to the 9th Circuit after a judge blocked the president from sending the National Guard to Portland.
"There has to be great deference" to a president's decision to deploy federal forces, Judge Ryan Nelson, an appointee of President Trump, said Thursday in a 9th Circuit hearing.
Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration’s expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants during o