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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Sunday that he is taking legal action against Donald Trump regarding the alleged deployment of three hundred California state guard troops to Oregon.

“Those forces are heading there as we speak,” the governor remarked in a press statement. “The Trump Administration is blatantly attacking the legal system itself and putting into action their dangerous words – defying legal directives and treating the judiciary, even presidential appointees, as political opponents.”

Judicial Background and Federal Decision

This planned court challenge is in response to a judicial order that blocked the White House from dispatching the Oregon national guard to Portland. The federal judge supported arguments that it would inflame rather than reduce tensions in the city.

The judge said in her decision, which postpones dispatching the troops until at least October 18, that there was a absence of factual support that the ongoing rallies in the city warranted the move.

Local Authorities React

The senior deputy attorney, the deputy attorney, said that there had been no violence against Ice officers for months and that the latest demonstrations were “sedate” in the days before the chief executive labeled the metropolis to be a conflict area, at times involving fewer than a dozen participants.

“Public safety is not the real concern, it’s about power,” Governor Newsom declared. “This battle will be fought in the courts, but the citizens must not remain quiet in the presence of such dangerous and authoritarian conduct by the President of the United States.”

State Attorney General Weighs In

Through an announcement online, Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield said that the state is evaluating choices and getting ready to file suit.

“The President is evidently intent on sending the military in American cities, absent facts or legal basis to do so,” he wrote. “It is up to us and the courts to ensure accountability. This is our plan.”

National and State Response

The California national guard passed on queries to the federal defense agency. A official representative offered no response. There was silence from the executive branch.

Broader Background

This development from the state came just a 24 hours after Trump ordered the dispatch of state guard forces to Chicago, the most recent in a succession of parallel interventions across multiple US states.

Trump had first announced the initiative on the 27th of September, saying he was allowing complete use, as needed” in spite of pleas from local leaders and the elected officials, who reported there had been a single, peaceful protest outside an immigration office.

Historical Background

For years, Trump has promoted the storyline that the city is a conflict-torn urban center with activists involved in chaos and illegal activities.

During his first term in 2020, he deployed federal forces to the metropolis amid the rallies over the murder by law enforcement of an individual in Minneapolis. The protests expanded across the nation but were especially heightened in that city. Despite protests against federal authorities being fairly limited in the region currently, Trump has used them as a justification to send troops.

Remarking on X about the new decision from the President, Newsom stated: “It’s appalling. It’s un-American, and action is needed to halt it.”