The suit was filed after the Defense Department sent a memo to Oregon state leaders informing them about the deployment of 200 National Guard troops in Portland.

President’s threat to send in National Guard and use ‘full force’ against protesters is ‘wholly pretextual,’ officials argue

Hours ahead of credible reports of increased federal agents in Portland and before President Trump announced he was sending in federal troops to the city, one Oregon congresswoman introduced a bill to prevent the National Guard from being “used as a political tool for the White House.