President Donald Trump told reporters he could potentially invoke the Insurrection Act, a law that allows the deployment of troops in the US in certain limited situations, as civilians continue to protest against immigration raids in cities such as Portland,

The comments came a day after a federal judge blocked the president from sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

President Donald Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act for federal troops in cities as courts and states challenge his deployment initiatives.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon, Trump said he did not yet see the need to use the Insurrection Act, but "if I had to enact it, I'd do it, if people w