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In September 2025, President Trump said he would deploy federal troops to Portland. Mayor Keith Wilson and other local leaders say the troops aren't needed. Get background and updates on the situation.
Last updated Nov. 12, 2025.
In September 2025, after weeks of escalating rhetoric, President Donald Trump announced on social media that he would send "all necessary Troops" to Portland.
Mayor Keith Wilson responded that the President will not find lawlessness or violence here and the number of necessary troops is "zero."
Mayor Wilson: Federal deployment is unwanted, unneeded, and un-American.
Local leaders, including Portland City Councilors, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and many others have joined Wilson to denounce the federal deployment and urge Portlanders to act in peace.
The City of Portland and the State of Oregon are fighting the order in court. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said the deployment was "not acceptable" and did not meet the legal necessary requirements, since there is no invasion and no insurrection.
On Nov. 7, U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut issued a final order barring the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, after hearing arguments and evidence in a three-day trial.
Check back for updates, news, and links on this developing situation.
News releases
November
- Mayor Wilson Responds to Judge's Injunction Blocking Trump from Deploying the National Guard
- AG Rayfield Secures Final Court Order Blocking National Guard Deployment
- Judge Blocks Trump From Deploying Troops -- For Now
October
- Portland City Council Remains United Against Federal Overreach
- Ninth Circuit Court lets Trump deploy National Guard to Portland, but hurdles remain
- Oregon leaders condemn unnecessary, unwanted military intervention
- Mayor Wilson commends City Council for Protect Portland Initiative
- City Council Unanimously Passes Avalos, Pirtle-Guiney, Koyama Lane, and Clark Resolution to Protect Portlanders
- City Council Unanimously Passes Councilor Kanal's Sanctuary City Status Codification Ordinance
- Portland named one of America's leaders in preventing and reducing gun violence
- Mayor Wilson to feds: Your actions are ‘deeply disturbing'
- Portland says federal government used excessive force against peaceful protesters
- Multnomah County District Attorney's Office Declines to charge Nick Sortor
- Portland Police Monitor Protest Activity in South Waterfront, Arrests Made
- Portland Mayor responds to Texas deployment plans: 'Federal troops will not make our community safer, period.'
- Judge blocks deployment of California National Guard – or any other national guard – to Portland
- Judge halts Trump's troop deployment in Portland
- Chief Bob Day Addresses Media on South Waterfront Protests and Public Safety
- Suspects Arrested for Fighting at ICE Protest Identified
- Mayor Wilson: Portland doesn't need or want federal troops (Time Magazine)
- Governor Kotek: Trump's Illegal Actions Could Cost Taxpayers an Estimated $10 Million
- No Chaos, No Drama. Portland Is Hard At Work.
- PPB Needs Public's Help Identifying Assault Suspect
- Police Chief Bob Day Addresses Misconceptions about Portland
- Portland Police Chief Bob Day's Message to the President
September
- Oregon Mayors Denounce Militarization
- Oregon Files Motion for Temporary Restraining Order to Block Unlawful Federalization of National Guard
- PPB Facilitates Peaceful March; Monitors Gathering Around ICE Building, 2 Arrested
- A Peaceful City Protests Trump's Order To Mobilize Troops
- Mayor Wilson: How Many Federal Troops Do We Need? Zero.
- Mayor Wilson Responds to President's Threat to Send Troops to Portland
- Portland leaders urge calm in face of federal buildup at ICE facility
- Portland will issue land use violation notice for ICE facility
- Portland Police Bureau Releases Videos Addressing Community's Immigration Concerns
- Mayor's statement on potential federal intervention
- Portland Sees Decline in Violent Crime; Homicides Down 51% in First Half of 2025
Selected local media coverage
November 7, 2025
- OPB: Federal judge permanently blocks Trump from deploying National Guard to Portland
- Oregonian: ‘Exceeded his authority': Judge issues injunction blocking Trump from sending National Guard to Oregon
- NYT: Judge Permanently Blocks National Guard Deployments to Portland for ICE Protests
November 3, 2025
- KGW: Federal judge halts President Trump's National Guard deployment to Oregon until Nov. 7
- KOIN: National Guard in Portland latest: Federal judge issues preliminary injunction
- Willamette Week: Following Trial, Court Blocks Portland Troop Deployment for at Least a Few Days More
October 20, 2025
- OPB: 9th Circuit rules that National Guard can deploy to Portland, but legal questions loom
- Oregonian: Blind protester dragged, detained by feds says agents picked ‘the weakest person they could find'
- KATU: Portland woman charged for allegedly assaulting federal officer at ICE facility
October 18, 2025
- Oregonian: No Kings protest against Trump draws 40,000 in Portland
- KOIN: After 'No Kings,' protesters tear gassed at Portland ICE facility
- FOX12: ‘Hundreds' protest at Portland ICE building, police say; PPB arrests 3
October 15, 2025
- Oregonian: Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault
- KGW: 'Let them out': Federal agents delayed ambulance from leaving Portland ICE facility with injured protester
October 14, 2025
- KOIN: Clarinetist playing ‘Ghostbusters' arrested at ICE facility
- KATU: Court docs: ICE counter-protester punches woman in the face as she tries to leave protest
- FOX12: Law professor explains possible outcomes as judges weigh Oregon National Guard restraining order
October 13, 2025
- OPB: Naked bike ride protest caps week of Portland demonstrations, more ahead
- KOIN: ‘Operation Inflation' injects joyful vibe to Portland ICE protests
October 12, 2025
- Willamette Week: Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
- KOIN: ‘Operation Inflation' injects joyful vibe to Portland ICE protests
October 8, 2025
- KGW: Man swims from Portland ICE facility to Ross Island to evade police
- Oregonian: Portland mayor doesn't agree to most federal demands over ICE security, protests
- Oregonian: Kristi Noem came to Portland, and people protested with dogs, dancing
- FOX12: 3 arrested by Portland police outside ICE facility following DHS secretary's visit
- KATU: 24 Hours Outside ICE: What is really going on in Portland
October 7, 2025
- KGW: Portland law enforcement leaders issue statements after meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
- Oregonian: Trump retweet of Portland cop calming protesters feeds fed fight against city police
- Oregonian: Cities nationwide back Oregon in National Guard deployment dispute with Trump
October 6, 2025
- Oregonian: Read transcript of Oregon judge's decision on National Guard deployment to Portland
- Oregonian: National Guard could mobilize in Portland depending on appeals court ruling: What's next
- OPB: Portland's weekend of ICE protests: Tear gas, National Guard restraining orders and false claims of a city burning to the ground
- KGW: Multnomah County DA drops charges against Nick Sortor after ICE facility protest
October 3, 2025
- KOIN: Portland police arrest 3 at protest outside ICE facility
- Oregonian: Feds blame ‘cruel activists' for need to deploy troops to Portland
October 2, 2025
- KGW: DHS claims around Portland ICE facility protests appear to not reflect reality
- Oregonian: Trump wants troops in Portland. Here's how Oregon's legal challenge could play out
October 1, 2025
- OPB: What we know so far about the National Guard deployment in Portland
- Oregonian: Here's the latest on Trump's Portland troop deployment
- Oregonian: ‘Emergency' World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland
- Willamette Week: We're the Bait
September 30, 2025
- KATU: At least 4 arrested by federal officers outside Portland's ICE facility as tensions flare
- FOX12: Portland faith leaders speak out in solidarity against ICE, National Guard deployment
- Oregonian: Tracking the rise and fall of Portland ICE protests: Key developments as Trump troops arrive soon
- Oregonian: President Trump likens what's happening in Portland to World War II, calling city ‘a nightmare'
September 29, 2025
- Oregonian: 2 arrested during protests outside ICE building in South Portland, police say
- Willamette Week: "You Broke Your Promise": Here Are Messages From the Text Exchange Between Kotek and Trump
- OPB: At least 166 Oregon National Guard members have volunteered for Trump deployment
September 28, 2025
- Oregonian: Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying troops to Portland
- Oregonian: Protest outside Portland ICE reflects tension over Trump's troop declaration
- FOX12: Trump invokes Title 10 to deploy troops into Portland
- KGW: Little change at Portland ICE facility Saturday night despite Trump troop order
- KATU: Protesters rally at Portland ICE facility after Trump deploys troops to city
- KOIN: Protesters gather outside Portland ICE facility
- Oregonian: Portland's city attorney backed California in legal fight against federal troop
- Oregonian: Editorial: Portland must resist becoming Trump's political prop
- Portland Business Journal: Portland business leaders reject federal troop deployment in open letter to White House
- KGW: Trump seems to back off Portland military plan: 'Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?'
- OPB: Trump administration authorizes 200 National Guard members for Portland deployment
September 27, 2025
- FOX12: ‘It's a shame': Portlanders react to Trump ordering troops to city
- OPB: Trump vows to send troops to Portland
- Oregonian: 7 minutes to make the case: How Oregon's governor tried to talk Trump out of sending troops to Portland
- Willamette Week: In 7-Minute Phone Call, Kotek Tells Trump He's Planning to Deploy Troops Based on Bad Intel
- Oregonian: Oregon leaders slam ‘federal takeover,' plead for peace as Trump calls for troop deployment
- KATU: Oregon leaders urge peace as Trump confirms deployment of troops to Portland
- KGW: During call with President Trump, Oregon governor said Portland does not need federal troops
- Oregonian: Arrests outside Portland ICE building have dropped throughout summer
- Oregonian: How protests outside Portland ICE unfolded before Trump's troop announcement
- Portland Mercury: What to Expect After Trump Threatens to Send Additional Troops to "War Ravaged" Portland