The Trump administration was sued on Sunday over its plan to deploy National Guardsmen to Portland, Ore. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The state of Oregon and the city of Portland are suing the Trump administration to stop its deployment of National Guard troops to the City of Roses.
The lawsuit was filed Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Portland Division, making it the latest litigation challenging President Donald Trump's deployment of the military to U.S. cities.
The filing comes after Trump on Saturday announced he was directing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to provide "all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland," saying he was authorizing their use of "Full Force, if necessary."
In the lawsuit, the Democratic-led state and city confirmed that Hegseth had issued a memorandum calling into federal service 200 members of the Oregon National Guard in infringement of the state's sovereign power to manage its own law enforcement and National Guard resources.
