Governors vow fight after Trump orders California National Guard to Oregon

California National Guard troops are positioned at the Federal Building on June in downtown Los Angeles Photo by Eric Thayer Associated Press President Donald Trump is sending California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state s guard to Portland and the Democratic governors of both states pledged Sunday to fight the move in court A Pentagon spokesperson announced in a comment that about federalized members of the California National Guard who had been on duty around Los Angeles were being reassigned to Portland Oregon Gov Tina Kotek explained about arrived Saturday and around more were en track Sunday Kotek announced there had been no formal communication with the federal ruling body about the deployment California Gov Gavin Newsom s office noted about previously federalized California guard members could eventually be deployed The events in Oregon come a day after Illinois governor made a similar announcement about troops in his state being activated Kotek reported the latest move by federal agents is an attempt to circumvent Saturday s court ruling that blocked deployment of Oregon s guard members The facts on the ground in Oregon haven t changed Kotek noted during a news conference Sunday There s no need for military intervention in Oregon There s no insurrection in Portland there s no threat to national shield Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield the state would go back to court on Monday along with California seeking to block the latest deployment What was unlawful the last evening is unlawful in contemporary times Rayfield commented The judge s order was not chosen minor procedural point for the president to work around like my -year-old does when he doesn t like my answers Rayfield added that Oregon will absolutely not be a party to the president s attempt to normalize the use of the United States military in our American cities Newsom a Democrat commented in a comment that California personnel were on their way Sunday and called the deployment a breathtaking abuse of the law and power He mentioned these troops were federalized and put under the president s control months ago over his objections in response to unrest in Los Angeles The commander-in-chief is using the U S military as a political weapon against American citizens Newsom disclosed We will take this fight to court but the citizens cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the president of the United States The U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland has in the last few days been the site of nightly protests 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 functionaries and Portland residents alike disclosed that description was ludicrous The protest was relatively small and localized to just one block of the city of residents Kotek disclosed U S District Judge Karin Immergut a Trump appointee during his first term issued the order pending further arguments in a lawsuit brought by the state and city She disclosed the relatively small protests did not justify the use of federalized forces and allowing the deployment could harm Oregon s state sovereignty Portland Mayor Keith Wilson disclosed Sunday that he saw federal agents engaged in what he described as unjustified use of force and indiscriminately spraying pepper spray and impact munitions during a protest outside the ICE facility This is an aggressive approach trying to inflame the situation that has otherwise been peaceful Wilson noted Portland has alerted the civil rights division of the Department of Justice to the agents actions Wilson declared Trump has characterized both Portland and Chicago as cities rife with crime and unrest Since the start of his second term he has sent or talked about sending troops to cities Trump authorized the deployment of Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday Illinois Gov JB Pritzker s office revealed the situation in Chicago does not require the use of the military and as a product the Governor opposes the deployment of the national guard under any status Pritzker didn t receive any calls from federal representatives about the deployment his office disclosed