Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's National Guard deployment to Portlandtoggle caption Jenny Kane/APA federal judge in Portland, Ore. temporarily blocked President Trump from federalizing 200 members of the state's National Guard. The judge's decision in Portland comes as the administration deploys the National Guard to a number of American cities. The records show police were in regular communication with federal officers at the Portland ICE facility. Courts have been deliberating over the National Guard in CaliforniaThis is not the first time that the courts have weighed in on Trump's deployment of the National Guard over the objections of local officials. "Those facts bear no resemblance to the recent ICE facility protests in Portland," attorneys representing Portland and Oregon argued when they asked the court to block the deployment .