Claim: “Portland is burning to the ground.”
Reality: Today’s protests near the ICE facility in South Waterfront remained constrained to a few blocks. Fire services report no large fires or elevated call volume.
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Portland is not burning. Here’s live context and sourced fact checks.
Live views showing a calm, everyday Portland, as well as real context of the peaceful protests.
Quick, sourced contradictions to recent statements.
Reality: Today’s protests near the ICE facility in South Waterfront remained constrained to a few blocks. Fire services report no large fires or elevated call volume.
Reality: Judge Karin Immergut — a Trump appointee — issued the original orders blocking deployment. Today, a Ninth Circuit panel partially stayed her ruling so that Oregon’s Guard can stay federalized, but it did not permit deployment to Portland.
Reality: The Ninth Circuit’s stay lifts only the block on federalizing Oregon’s Guard, **not** on deploying any Guard units to Portland. The broader restraining order barring deployments from any state remains in force.
Reality: The order preventing deployment of any state’s Guard into Portland is still active. California’s troops cannot legally enter under current rulings.
Updated Oct 8, 2025.
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