Portland braces for deployment of 200 national guard troops to city

Oregon has filed suit to block Trump's move, warning there was no legal justification' and it will escalate tensions

Portland is bracing for the deployment of 200 national guard troops as Donald Trump moves ahead with plans to bring the US military into another Democratic-run city.

Oregon filed a lawsuit to block the deployment, which the state has warned will escalate tensions and lead to unrest when there is no need or legal justification" to bring federal troops into Portland.