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The governor of California, Gavin Newsom announced on Sunday that he is suing President Trump over the alleged sending of 300 Californian national guard troops to the state of Oregon.

“The troops are currently en route,” the governor said in his official statement. “The current federal government is openly undermining the rule of law directly and putting into action their risky rhetoric – disregarding judicial rulings and viewing court officials, even presidential appointees, as political opponents.”

Legal Context and Federal Ruling

This planned court challenge is in response to a court decision that prevented the Trump administration from sending the Oregon national guard to the city of Portland. The federal judge agreed with claims that it would inflame rather than ease conflict in the urban area.

Immergut stated in her order, which postpones deploying the forces until at least 18 October, that there was a lack of evidence that the recent protests in the city merited the move.

City Officials Respond

The senior deputy attorney, a city attorney, commented that there had been no violence against Ice officers for several months and that recent Ice protests were peaceful in the week before the chief executive described the metropolis to be a battlefield, sometimes involving less than twelve participants.

“Public safety is not the real concern, it concerns authority,” Governor Newsom said. “Legal action will be our response, but the citizens must not remain quiet in the presence of such irresponsible and authoritarian conduct by the President of the United States.”

State Legal Chief Weighs In

Through an announcement on social media, Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield expressed that the government is reviewing possible actions and preparing to take legal action.

“Donald Trump is obviously hellbent on deploying the military in domestic metropolitan areas, without facts or authority to do so,” he noted. “The duty falls on us and the legal system to demand answers. We are committed to this course.”

National and Local Response

The guard's representatives passed on queries to the Department of Defense. A agency spokesman offered no response. There was silence from the executive branch.

National Context

The news from the state came just a short time after the President authorized the sending of military personnel to Chicago, the newest in a string of parallel actions across multiple American states.

The President had originally declared the initiative on the 27th of September, saying he was “authorizing full force, as needed” regardless of requests from Oregon officials and the elected officials, who reported there had been a one, calm demonstration outside an immigration office.

Past Background

For years, Trump has amplified the account that Portland is a “war-ravaged” city with anarchists involved in chaos and illegal activities.

In his initial presidency in the year 2020, he dispatched government agents to the city during the protests over the murder by officers of George Floyd in another city. The unrest extended across the US but were notably severe in Portland. Even with protests against immigration officials being modest in size in the state recently, Trump has cited them as a reason to send troops.

Commenting on X about the new decision from Trump, the governor said: “This is shocking. This goes against American values, and we must prevent it.”