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The governor of California, Gavin Newsom stated on Sunday that he is taking legal action against President Trump regarding the reported deployment of 300 California national guard personnel to Oregon.

“They are on their way there now,” Newsom said in his official statement. “The Trump Administration is openly attacking the rule of law itself and putting into action their dangerous rhetoric – ignoring judicial rulings and considering court officials, even those appointed by the President himself, as adversaries.”

Legal Background and Federal Decision

This planned court challenge follows a federal judge’s ruling that prevented the Trump administration from sending the Oregon national guard to Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut upheld assertions that it would inflame rather than calm conflict in the city.

The judge stated in her order, which postpones deploying the guard until at least 18 October, that there was a insufficient proof that the recent protests in the city justified the action.

Local Officials Respond

The senior deputy attorney, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, noted that there had been peaceful conditions against Ice officers for several months and that recent Ice protests were peaceful in the period before the national leader described the metropolis to be a war zone, at times involving less than twelve participants.

“This issue goes beyond safety, it’s about power,” Governor Newsom said. “This battle will be fought in the courts, but the public must not remain quiet in the face of such dangerous and dictatorial actions by the President of the United States.”

Oregon Legal Chief Weighs In

Via a public comment online, Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield expressed that the state is reviewing possible actions and planning court proceedings.

“The President is clearly intent on sending the armed forces in U.S. urban centers, absent facts or legal basis to do so,” he wrote. “The duty falls on us and the legal system to hold him accountable. That’s what we intend to do.”

National and State Reaction

The guard's representatives passed on queries to the federal defense agency. A official representative declined to comment. There was silence from the White House.

National Background

This development from Oregon came just a short time after the President authorized the dispatch of state guard forces to Chicago, the most recent in a string of parallel actions across multiple US states.

The President had first announced the plan on 27 September, saying he was allowing complete use, if necessary” in spite of pleas from local leaders and the state’s congressional delegation, who said there had been a solitary, calm protest outside a federal agency location.

Historical Context

For years, Trump has amplified the storyline that the city is a “war-ravaged” urban center with activists involved in chaos and criminal acts.

During his first term in 2020, he dispatched national troops to the metropolis during the rallies over the killing by police of a citizen in Minneapolis. The protests expanded across the nation but were notably severe in Portland. Despite protests against Ice being modest in size in the region recently, Trump has cited them as a reason to send troops.

Commenting online about the latest move from the President, the governor said: “It is outrageous. It is contrary to our principles, and action is needed to halt it.”