Daijiworld Media Network - California

California, Oct 6: California governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to sue the Trump administration following its controversial decision to deploy 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. Newsom accused former President Donald Trump of “using the U.S. military as a political weapon against American citizens,” calling the move a “breathtaking abuse of power.”

The deployment comes after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked Trump's attempt to federalize the Oregon National Guard. In response, Trump reportedly redirected troops from California, prompting immediate backlash from the state’s leadership.

“They are on their way there now,” Newsom confirmed in a press statement. “The Trump administration is ignoring court orders, treating even their own appointed judges as enemies, and attacking the rule of law itself.”

Trump has defended the deployment, claiming that Portland is “under siege” due to ongoing protests against federal immigration enforcement. However, the federal court disagreed. In a recent ruling, Oregon District Judge Karin Immergut found the protests were “not significantly violent or disruptive” enough to warrant military intervention.

The Oregon state government and the city of Portland have already filed a lawsuit challenging the federal order. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has appealed the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco—a court that has previously sided with Trump in a similar National Guard deployment case in Los Angeles.

Governor Newsom emphasized that California “will take this fight to court,” urging the public to remain vigilant and vocal in the face of what he called “reckless and authoritarian conduct by the President of the United States.”