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California Governor Gavin Newsom declared on Sunday that he is taking legal action against Donald Trump concerning the alleged dispatch of 300 California state guard troops to Oregon.

“Those forces are heading there as we speak,” Newsom said in his official statement. “The current federal government is blatantly challenging the rule of law itself and putting into action their dangerous statements – ignoring court orders and treating the judiciary, including those named by the President, as political opponents.”

Judicial Background and Federal Ruling

The governor's legal action comes after a judicial order that halted the White House from sending the Oregon national guard to the city of Portland. Judge Karin Immergut agreed with assertions that it would escalate rather than ease tensions in the urban area.

The judge ruled in her decision, which delays sending the guard until at least the 18th of October, that there was a lack of evidence that the ongoing rallies in Portland justified the move.

City Authorities React

Portland's legal representative, the deputy attorney, noted that there had been no violence against immigration officials for an extended period and that the latest demonstrations were peaceful in the week before the chief executive described the metropolis to be a battlefield, occasionally including a small number of participants.

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

Oregon Legal Chief Weighs In

In a statement on X, the state's attorney general stated that the state is evaluating choices and preparing to take legal action.

“The President is obviously hellbent on using the military in domestic metropolitan areas, without evidence or authority to do so,” his statement said. “The duty falls on us and the courts to ensure accountability. That’s what we intend to do.”

Federal and State Response

The guard's representatives directed inquiries to the Department of Defense. A official representative offered no response. There was no immediate comment from the executive branch.

Broader Background

The news from the state came just a short time after the President ordered the dispatch of national guard troops to the city of Chicago, the latest in a series of comparable actions across multiple American states.

Trump had first announced the initiative on September 27, claiming he was approving maximum deployment, should it be required” regardless of requests from state authorities and the elected officials, who indicated there had been a one, peaceful demonstration outside one federal immigration enforcement office.

Past Context

For years, the President has emphasized the narrative that Portland is a conflict-torn city with anarchists participating in unrest and unlawful behavior.

Earlier in his administration in the year 2020, he dispatched national troops to the city in the midst of the rallies over the killing by officers of a citizen in Minneapolis. The protests spread across the US but were notably severe in Portland. Despite protests against Ice being modest in size in the state this year, the President has used them as a justification to deploy troops.

Remarking online about the new decision from the President, Newsom commented: “It’s appalling. It’s un-American, and we must prevent it.”