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California Governor Gavin Newsom declared on Sunday that he is suing President Trump over the alleged dispatch of three hundred California state guard troops to Oregon.

“They are on their way there now,” the governor remarked in his official statement. “This administration is blatantly undermining the judicial framework itself and putting into action their risky rhetoric – disregarding judicial rulings and viewing court officials, even presidential appointees, as foes.”

Legal Background and Federal Ruling

The governor's legal action is in response to a federal judge’s ruling that prevented the Trump administration from sending the state guard of Oregon to Portland. The federal judge agreed with claims that it would escalate rather than calm unrest in the urban area.

Immergut said in her decision, which postpones deploying the guard until at least 18 October, that there was a lack of evidence that the ongoing rallies in Portland merited the decision.

City Officials Respond

Caroline Turco, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, noted that there had been peaceful conditions against federal agents for several months and that the latest demonstrations were “sedate” in the period before the president described the city to be a battlefield, at times including less than twelve protesters.

“This issue goes beyond safety, it concerns authority,” Governor Newsom said. “This battle will be fought in the courts, but the citizens cannot stay silent in the wake of such irresponsible and authoritarian actions by the nation's leader.”

Oregon Attorney General Weighs In

Via a public comment on X, Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield said that the government is reviewing possible actions and planning court proceedings.

“The President is obviously intent on deploying the troops in U.S. urban centers, without facts or justification to do so,” he wrote. “It is up to us and the legal system to demand answers. That’s what we intend to do.”

National and Local Response

The guard's representatives directed inquiries to the defense department. A agency spokesman declined to comment. There was no immediate comment from the executive branch.

National Context

The report from the state came just a 24 hours after the President approved the dispatch of state guard forces to the city of Chicago, the newest in a string of parallel actions across numerous US states.

The President had originally declared the plan on the 27th of September, stating he was approving maximum deployment, as needed” despite appeals from Oregon officials and the elected officials, who reported there had been a single, uneventful rally outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

Past Background

Historically, the President has emphasized the account that the city is a conflict-torn urban center with anarchists participating in disorder and illegal activities.

During his first term in the year 2020, he deployed government agents to the metropolis in the midst of the protests over the death by officers of George Floyd in another city. The demonstrations extended across the United States but were particularly intense in that city. Even with rallies against Ice being fairly limited in the region recently, the President has cited them as a reason to send personnel.

Commenting on X about the latest move from Trump, Newsom stated: “This is shocking. It’s un-American, and we must prevent it.”