Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon, Newsom says, after judge paused plan to deploy troops

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN

(CNN) — Three hundred California National Guard members are on their way to Oregon on President Trump’s orders after a judge blocked his deployment of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sunday.

The California governor is planning to sue over the deployment, Newsom said in a statement.

“This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power,” he said.

CNN has reached out to the California National Guard and White House for comment.

A judge granted a temporary restraining order Saturday blocking Trump from sending the Oregon National Guard to the state’s largest city. The Trump administration said it would appeal the ruling.

The decision by United States District Judge Karin Immergut – a Trump appointee – said the president appeared to have federalized the Oregon National Guard “absent constitutional authority” and that protests in Portland “did not pose a ‘danger of a rebellion.’” The judge said Oregon attorneys showed “substantial evidence that the protests at the Portland ICE facility were not significantly violent” leading up to the president’s directive.

While the judge noted that recent incidents cited by the Trump administration of protesters clashing with federal officers “are inexcusable,” she added “they are nowhere near the type of incidents that cannot be handled by regular law enforcement forces.”

Immergut warned some of the arguments offered by the Trump administration “risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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