At least 200 National Guard members will be deployed to Portland, Oregon, for the next two months, following an order by US President Donald Trump.
Trump says he had authorised the use of “full force” if needed to suppress protests targeting immigration detention centres.
Oregon has responded by suing the Trump administration, arguing that the deployment of the National Guard to Portland is “unlawful”.
The lawsuit, filed by Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, called the move “provocative and arbitrary”, and says it “threatens to undermine public safety by inciting a public outcry”.
Trump claimed it would help protect “any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists”, characterising the city as “War ravaged” in a Truth Social post.