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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Sunday that he is filing a lawsuit against Donald Trump concerning the reported sending of 300 Californian state guard troops to the state of Oregon.

“Those forces are heading there as we speak,” Newsom stated during a press announcement. “The current federal government is unapologetically attacking the legal system directly and enacting their dangerous statements – ignoring legal directives and treating the judiciary, including those named by the President, as foes.”

Legal Context and National Decision

The governor's legal action is in response to a judicial order that halted the White House from sending the state guard of Oregon to the city of Portland. US district judge Karin Immergut agreed with arguments that it would inflame rather than calm unrest in the city.

The judge ruled in her order, which puts off dispatching the forces until at least October 18, that there was a insufficient proof that the ongoing rallies in the city justified the decision.

Local Officials React

Caroline Turco, Portland’s senior deputy attorney, commented that there had been no violence against immigration officials for several months and that recent Ice protests were “sedate” in the period before the president described the city to be a war zone, sometimes involving less than twelve participants.

“Public safety is not the real concern, it’s about power,” Newsom asserted. “Legal action will be our response, but the people must not remain quiet in the wake of such reckless and autocratic conduct by the nation's leader.”

Oregon Legal Chief Comments

In a statement online, Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield stated that the state is evaluating choices and preparing to take legal action.

“The administration is clearly determined on sending the military in American cities, without facts or authority to do so,” his statement said. “It is up to us and the courts to hold him accountable. We are committed to this course.”

National and State Response

State guard officials passed on queries to the federal defense agency. A official representative declined to comment. There was silence from the White House.

Broader Context

The news from Oregon came just a 24 hours after Trump ordered the dispatch of military personnel to the city of Chicago, the most recent in a succession of parallel interventions across numerous US states.

Trump had initially revealed the initiative on the 27th of September, saying he was allowing complete use, should it be required” in spite of requests from Oregon officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who said there had been a one, uneventful demonstration outside an immigration office.

Historical Background

For years, the President has amplified the account that the city is a conflict-torn city with radicals participating in disorder and illegal activities.

Earlier in his administration in the year 2020, he sent government agents to the metropolis in the midst of the protests over the killing by law enforcement of a citizen in Minneapolis. The demonstrations expanded across the nation but were especially heightened in that city. Even with demonstrations against federal authorities being modest in size in the state this year, the President has used them as a justification to dispatch forces.

Remarking via social media about the new decision from Trump, the governor commented: “It is outrageous. It is contrary to our principles, and action is needed to halt it.”