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California Governor Gavin Newsom stated on Sunday that he is suing Donald Trump over the claimed dispatch of 300 California national guard members to Oregon.

“They are on their way there now,” Newsom remarked during a press announcement. “The Trump Administration is blatantly challenging the legal system itself and implementing their risky rhetoric – disregarding legal directives and viewing the judiciary, even presidential appointees, as political opponents.”

Judicial Context and Federal Decision

This planned court challenge comes after a court decision that blocked the White House from dispatching the Oregon national guard to the city of Portland. The federal judge agreed with assertions that it would escalate rather than ease tensions in the urban area.

Immergut said in her decision, which delays deploying the troops until at least the 18th of October, that there was a absence of factual support that the current demonstrations in the city merited the action.

Local Officials React

The senior deputy attorney, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, said that there had been an absence of violent incidents against federal agents for months and that recent Ice protests were calm in the period before the president described the metropolis to be a war zone, at times featuring a small number of participants.

“Public safety is not the real concern, the core issue is control,” Governor Newsom asserted. “This battle will be fought in the courts, but the people cannot stay silent in the presence of such irresponsible and dictatorial actions by the President of the United States.”

Oregon Attorney General Comments

Through an announcement on X, Dan Rayfield said that the state is “quickly assessing our options and getting ready to file suit.

“The administration is obviously determined on deploying the military in U.S. urban centers, lacking facts or justification to do so,” his statement said. “Our responsibility and the judicial system to ensure accountability. We are committed to this course.”

National and State Response

State guard officials referred questions to the defense department. A agency spokesman offered no response. There was silence from the presidential administration.

Broader Context

The report from Oregon came just a short time after Trump approved the dispatch of national guard troops to Chicago, the most recent in a succession of comparable interventions across numerous US states.

Trump had originally declared the proposal on September 27, claiming he was allowing complete use, if necessary” regardless of appeals from local leaders and the representatives from the state, who indicated there had been a single, calm demonstration outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

Historical Context

For years, the President has amplified the narrative that Portland is a conflict-torn city with radicals engaging in unrest and criminal acts.

In his initial presidency in the year 2020, he dispatched government agents to the metropolis in the midst of the demonstrations over the death by police of George Floyd in another city. The demonstrations spread across the United States but were particularly intense in that city. Regardless of rallies against federal authorities being modest in size in the region this year, the President has used them as a justification to deploy troops.

Speaking on X about the latest move from Trump, the governor commented: “It’s appalling. It’s un-American, and action is needed to halt it.”