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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this past Sunday that he is suing President Trump regarding the reported dispatch of three hundred Californian national guard troops to the state of Oregon.

“They are on their way there now,” the governor stated in his official statement. “The current federal government is unapologetically attacking the rule of law directly and putting into action their dangerous words – ignoring court orders and viewing court officials, even presidential appointees, as adversaries.”

Judicial Background and Federal Ruling

Newsom’s proposed lawsuit follows a federal judge’s ruling that prevented the federal government from sending the state guard of Oregon to the city of Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut upheld arguments that it would inflame rather than reduce tensions in the urban area.

Immergut said in her ruling, which puts off sending the forces until at least the 18th of October, that there was a absence of factual support that the recent protests in Portland merited the move.

City Officials Respond

Caroline Turco, the deputy attorney, said that there had been peaceful conditions against immigration officials for months and that recent Ice protests were peaceful in the days before the chief executive labeled the city to be a battlefield, occasionally involving fewer than a dozen protesters.

“This issue goes beyond safety, it concerns authority,” Newsom asserted. “We will take this fight to court, but the citizens should speak out in the wake of such dangerous and authoritarian actions by the U.S. President.”

Oregon Legal Chief Weighs In

Via a public comment on social media, Dan Rayfield stated that the state is reviewing possible actions and preparing to take legal action.

“The administration is obviously hellbent on sending the armed forces in American cities, lacking evidence or justification to do so,” he noted. “The duty falls on us and the judicial system to ensure accountability. We are committed to this course.”

National and State Reaction

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

Broader Background

The news from Oregon came just a 24 hours after Trump ordered the dispatch of military personnel to Chicago, the latest in a string of parallel actions across multiple states in the U.S..

Trump had originally declared the proposal on September 27, claiming he was “authorizing full force, as needed” in spite of appeals from Oregon officials and the representatives from the state, who indicated there had been a solitary, uneventful protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

Past Background

Historically, Trump has emphasized the storyline that Portland is a battle-scarred urban center with activists engaging in disorder and illegal activities.

During his first term in the year 2020, he sent government agents to the city in the midst of the protests over the killing by law enforcement of a citizen in another city. The demonstrations extended across the US but were especially heightened in that city. Regardless of rallies against Ice being fairly limited in the region recently, the President has pointed to them as grounds to send troops.

Remarking online about the recent action from Trump, Newsom commented: “This is shocking. It’s un-American, and action is needed to halt it.”