The State of Oregon and the City of Portland filed suit to block President Donald Trump's order to federalize 200 members of the Oregon National Guard and send them into Portland, arguing that it is unlawful,

President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."

Donald Trump announced Saturday, Sept. 27, about his plans to send military to Portland, the most populous city in the state of Oregon. But the senators are not taking any of his tyrannic orders this time.

The ragtag demonstration, spurred by Trump’s actions in Los Angeles and arrests at Portland’s federal immigration court in early June, has largely subsided into a simmering but stable occupation of sorts in a quiet area south of downtown that also features apartment buildings, a Tesla dealership and a ballet school.

U.S. Labor Secretary and former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer has praised President Donald Trump after he announced on social media he would be sending federal troops to Portland.

Senators and representatives raised concerns about due process and legal access at the Portland ICE facility, countering President Trump’s warnings about protesters.

The president appeared to be referring to the ongoing protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland. Those protests peaked in June, with flare-ups off-and-on since then, but have involved no more than several dozen people in recent weeks.