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The governor of California, Gavin Newsom announced on Sunday that he is taking legal action against President Trump over the reported deployment of three hundred Californian national guard personnel to Oregon.

“They are on their way there now,” the governor stated during a press announcement. “The current federal government is openly undermining the judicial framework directly and putting into action their harmful words – disregarding legal directives and considering court officials, even presidential appointees, as political opponents.”

Judicial Context and Federal Ruling

This planned court challenge comes after a court decision that prevented the White House from deploying the state guard of Oregon to Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut upheld arguments that it would inflame rather than reduce unrest in the city.

Immergut stated in her ruling, which delays deploying the guard until at least the 18th of October, that there was a absence of factual support that the current demonstrations in Portland warranted the action.

Local Officials React

Portland's legal representative, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, commented that there had been peaceful conditions against Ice officers for an extended period and that current rallies were calm in the period before the president labeled the metropolis to be a battlefield, occasionally featuring a small number of participants.

“Public safety is not the real concern, the core issue is control,” Governor Newsom said. “We will take this fight to court, but the people cannot stay silent in the wake of such reckless and autocratic actions by the nation's leader.”

State Legal Chief Weighs In

Through an announcement on social media, Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield said that the government is evaluating choices and getting ready to file suit.

“Donald Trump is clearly hellbent on sending the armed forces in U.S. urban centers, without proof or justification to do so,” he wrote. “It is up to us and the judicial system to hold him accountable. We are committed to this course.”

National and Local Response

The guard's representatives referred questions to the defense department. A official representative refused to provide a statement. There was silence from the White House.

Broader Background

The report from the state came just a short time after the President authorized the dispatch of national guard troops to the city of Chicago, the latest in a succession of parallel interventions across several US states.

The President had originally declared the proposal on 27 September, claiming he was “authorizing full force, if necessary” despite appeals from state authorities and the state’s congressional delegation, who reported there had been a solitary, uneventful protest outside an immigration office.

Historical Context

Over a long period, the President has emphasized the storyline that Portland is a “war-ravaged” city with radicals participating in unrest and illegal activities.

Earlier in his administration in the year 2020, he sent federal forces to the metropolis in the midst of the rallies over the murder by law enforcement of an individual in another city. The demonstrations extended across the United States but were notably severe in Portland. Despite protests against Ice being fairly limited in the state recently, the President has pointed to them as grounds to dispatch personnel.

Commenting via social media about the latest move from Trump, the governor commented: “It’s appalling. This goes against American values, and we must prevent it.”