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California Governor Gavin Newsom stated on Sunday that he is suing President Trump over the reported deployment of 300 Californian national guard troops to the state of Oregon.

“They are on their way there now,” the governor remarked during a press announcement. “This administration is openly undermining the legal system directly and implementing their harmful statements – defying judicial rulings and viewing court officials, even presidential appointees, as foes.”

Legal Background and National Decision

The governor's legal action follows a judicial order that prevented the White House from sending the Oregon national guard to Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut upheld claims that it would intensify rather than reduce tensions in the urban area.

Immergut ruled in her order, which puts off dispatching the guard until at least October 18, that there was a insufficient proof that the ongoing rallies in the city justified the decision.

Local Officials React

Caroline Turco, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, noted that there had been an absence of violent incidents against Ice officers for months and that the latest demonstrations were calm in the days before the chief executive described the city to be a war zone, occasionally including fewer than a dozen protesters.

“This isn’t about public safety, it concerns authority,” Governor Newsom asserted. “We will take this fight to court, but the citizens cannot stay silent in the face of such dangerous and dictatorial behavior by the U.S. President.”

State Attorney General Weighs In

Via a public comment on social media, Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield said that the government is “quickly assessing our options and planning court proceedings.

“Donald Trump is clearly hellbent on using the troops in U.S. urban centers, lacking facts or justification to do so,” he noted. “Our responsibility and the judicial system to ensure accountability. This is our plan.”

Federal and Local Reaction

The guard's representatives passed on queries to the federal defense agency. A department spokesperson refused to provide a statement. There was silence from the White House.

National Background

The report from the state came just a short time after Trump ordered the dispatch of military personnel to the city of Chicago, the newest in a series of parallel interventions across numerous states in the U.S..

Trump had first announced the proposal on September 27, saying he was allowing complete use, should it be required” regardless of appeals from Oregon officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who indicated there had been a one, peaceful demonstration outside an immigration office.

Past Context

For years, the President has amplified the account that the city is a “war-ravaged” urban center with activists participating in unrest and illegal activities.

Earlier in his administration in 2020, he dispatched national troops to the city during the rallies over the killing by law enforcement of a citizen in Minneapolis. The demonstrations expanded across the US but were particularly intense in that city. Even with demonstrations against Ice being relatively small in the region currently, the President has used them as a justification to dispatch troops.

Speaking online about the recent action from Trump, Newsom commented: “This is shocking. It is contrary to our principles, and action is needed to halt it.”