ACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland, California’s governor said Sunday.
Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Sunday to fight the move in court.
There was no official announcement from Washington that the California National Guard was being called up and sent to Oregon, just as was the case when Illinois’ governor made a similar announcement Saturday about troops in his state being activated.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said that 101 California National Guard members arrived in her state Saturday night by plane and more are on the way. Kotek said there has been no formal communication with the federal government about the deploym