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   SACRAMENTO — Some California National Guard troops are being sent to   
   Portland to help train soldiers deployed there by President Donald   
   Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom told the Chronicle on Friday evening. He said   
   his administration may sue over the move, depending on what the soldiers   
   are asked to do there.   
      
   Newsom said he was told Thursday that some of the troops currently   
   deployed to Los Angeles would be sent to Portland “to help with training   
   exercises.” He said he didn’t know if they had already been sent or how   
   many would be deployed. He called the move “deeply alarming.”   
      
   “It’s very questionable that they’re being tasked to do that,” Newsom   
   said. “Our legal team has already been engaged on this for the last day   
   … if they do it, we’re prepared to litigate.”   
      
   Newsom is already suing the Trump administration over its deployment of   
   National Guard troops and active-duty Marines to Los Angeles over the   
   summer, arguing it violates federal law that restricts the use of the   
   military on American soil. Trump sent more than 4,000 National Guard   
   troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in June in response to protests of   
   immigration raids, over Newsom’s objections. The Trump administration   
   has argued that the troops quelled unrest in the city, even though   
   protests grew in response to the deployment. Reporting by the Chronicle   
   revealed that at one point less than 20% of those troops were actually   
   on the ground in the city, raising questions about the necessity of the   
   deployment.   
      
   By the end of July, the Trump administration had recalled most of the   
   soldiers from the deployment, but about 300 are still stationed in Los   
   Angeles. Trump has since also sent National Guard troops to Washington,   
   D.C. Over the weekend, he federalized about 200 Oregon National Guard   
   troops to deploy them to Portland over the objections of the governor   
   and mayor there. Troops had not yet arrived in the city as of Friday   
   afternoon, according to the Associated Press. Normally, presidents   
   deploy National Guard troops only at the request of governors.   
      
   Trump said Tuesday that he wants to use liberal American cities as   
   “training grounds for our military” in a speech to military generals he   
   summoned to Virginia on short notice.   
      
   “San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they’re very unsafe   
   places,” Trump said. “And we’re going to straighten them out one by one.   
   And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this   
   room. That’s a war, too. It’s a war from within.”   
      
   https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/trump-california-national-   
   guard-portland-21083730.php   
      
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