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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller stood out in Saturday’s ruling that temporarily blocked President Trump’s attempt to deploy 200 National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon.
“The legal uprising. The president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, not the judge in Oregon…” Miller, an architect of many Trump administration immigration policies, wrote in a Saturday statement on social platform X.
He accused local law enforcement of failure to protect immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) officials of facing “ruthless terrorist attacks.”
“This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officials, and deploying troops is an absolute necessity to defend our people, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself,” he added in the weekend post.
U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, appointed by Trump, said the ultimate need for troops in Portland is related to the state’s argument that the president’s attempt to deploy soldiers is “based primarily on fictional narratives,” a narrative for the city’s public safety.
Immergut agreed in Saturday’s ruling that the president “of course has the right” to enjoy great respect, but said that this does not mean “ignoring local facts.”
“The president’s determination is completely unbound by facts,” the judge wrote.
In recent months, Trump has deployed soldiers to Los Angeles, Memphis and Washington, D.C. and said the boots will soon be in Chicago, all of which are Democratic-led cities.
Local elected officials urged the president not to do so, citing fear and protests over the rise in the pandemic.
In late September, Oregon officials filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. Immergut then issued a temporary restraining order on Saturday, which is scheduled to expire within 14 days.
The block can be extended before the trial date scheduled on October 29.