00:00Oregon is taking the White House to court, filing suit to block President Trump's plan to send 200 National Guard troops to Portland.
00:10The lawsuit came just hours after Governor Tina Kotek received a memo authorizing a 60-day federally controlled mission to protect federal sites where protests are occurring or likely to occur, according to Fox News.
00:23On Saturday, the president posted that he directed Secretary Pete Hegseth to send all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland and any other ICE facilities under siege.
00:35The Pentagon declined to comment, citing ongoing litigation. State leaders pushed back.
00:40There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security. And there is no need for military troops in our major city.
00:50Portland's mayor says the city did not ask for National Guard support. Senator Jeff Merkley urged demonstrators to avoid confrontation.
00:59Let's not take the bait. Portland is peaceful and strong, and we will take care of each other.
01:05On the ground, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported hundreds of people gathered outside Portland's ICE facility on Sunday, while federal personnel with long guns watched from nearby rooftops.
01:16Portland police were present, mostly directing traffic. Homeland Security cited weeks of violent riots at ICE facilities and a domestic terror risk.
01:25Claims that public broadcasting notes have not occurred in Portland.
01:29Fox News reports a similar California lawsuit followed an earlier troop deployment to Los Angeles.
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