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Over the weekend, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring immigration officials to remove the guards watching over Bayron Rovidio Marin, take off the handcuffs and leave him unrestrained.

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According to the police officer who questioned Mas'ud, the facility was "well run", the prisoners were not restrained and there were no signs of torture or coercion.

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Witnesses also reported that children, some of whom were not wearing clothes, were restrained.

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District Judge Karin Immergut broadened a temporary restraining order that had blocked Oregon’s National Guard from being used by the federal government.

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The next day, she issued a temporary restraining order against him deploying California's National Guard in Portland instead.

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