A spokesperson for Kotek said Sunday he could not verify the current location of the Guard members who arrived in Oregon on Saturday, directing questions to the Defense Department 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.” He said these troops were “federalized” and put under the president’s controlmonths ago over his objections, in response to unrest in Los Angeles. 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.
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Published at: 2025-10-05 20:22:37
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