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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this past Sunday that he is suing Donald Trump over the reported sending of three hundred Californian state guard personnel to Oregon.

“Those forces are heading there as we speak,” Newsom remarked during a press announcement. “The Trump Administration is unapologetically challenging the rule of law directly and enacting their dangerous statements – disregarding judicial rulings and treating the judiciary, including those named by the President, as foes.”

Legal Context and Federal Decision

The governor's legal action follows a judicial order that prevented the Trump administration from sending the state guard of Oregon to the city of Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut upheld assertions that it would intensify rather than ease unrest in the urban area.

The judge stated in her order, which postpones deploying the guard until at least October 18, that there was a absence of factual support that the current demonstrations in the city warranted the move.

City Authorities React

The senior deputy attorney, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, commented that there had been peaceful conditions against Ice officers for an extended period and that the latest demonstrations were calm in the period before the chief executive described the city to be a battlefield, sometimes involving less than twelve participants.

“This isn’t about public safety, it’s about power,” Governor Newsom declared. “This battle will be fought in the courts, but the people should speak out in the presence of such dangerous and authoritarian conduct by the U.S. President.”

Oregon Attorney General Weighs In

Through an announcement on X, the state's attorney general stated that the government is “quickly assessing our options and getting ready to file suit.

“The President is clearly determined on deploying the troops in American cities, absent facts or justification to do so,” his statement said. “Our responsibility and the legal system to hold him accountable. We are committed to this course.”

National and State Reaction

State guard officials directed inquiries to the federal defense agency. A department spokesperson declined to comment. There was silence from the executive branch.

National Background

The news from the state came just a short time after the President ordered the sending of military personnel to the city of Chicago, the most recent in a series of similar actions across several American states.

Trump had first announced the plan on September 27, saying he was approving maximum deployment, if necessary” regardless of appeals from state authorities and the representatives from the state, who indicated there had been a solitary, uneventful demonstration outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

Historical Context

Historically, the President has promoted the narrative that the city is a battle-scarred city with anarchists involved in chaos and criminal acts.

During his first term in the year 2020, he sent federal forces to the metropolis in the midst of the rallies over the death by law enforcement of an individual in Minneapolis. The unrest extended across the United States but were particularly intense in Portland. Regardless of rallies against Ice being fairly limited in the state this year, Trump has cited them as a reason to deploy personnel.

Commenting on X about the new decision from the President, Newsom commented: “It’s appalling. This goes against American values, and it must be stopped.”