"Newsom, a Democrat, said in a statement that California personnel were on their way Sunday and called the deployment "a breathtaking abuse of the law and power." "The commander-in-chief is using the U.S. military as a political weapon against American citizens," Newsom said in the statement. "We will take this fight to court, but the public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the president of the United States.""
"A Trump-appointed federal judge in Oregon on Saturday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to deploy the Oregon National Guard in Portland to protect federal property amid protests after Trump called the city "war-ravaged." Oregon officials and Portland residents alike said that description was ludicrous. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, who was appointed by Trump during his first term, issued the order pending further arguments in the suit."
President Trump ordered 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a federal judge temporarily blocked plans to federalize the Oregon National Guard to protect federal property in Portland. California Governor Gavin Newsom said state personnel were en route and called the deployment a "breathtaking abuse of the law and power," promising a legal challenge. The judge, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, said relatively small protests did not justify federalized forces and that deployment could harm Oregon's state sovereignty. The move followed protests at an ICE facility in Portland and Trump's characterization of the city as "war-ravaged," which local officials rejected.
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