In the aftermath of a court decision that blocks the sending of the National Guard to Portland (Oregon), Donald Trump decided, despite everything, on Sunday 5 October to use a contingent of soldiers in this big city in the north -west of the United States, where demonstrations have been found against the immigration police for several months.
Federal Judge Karin J. Immergut, who underlines on Saturday in his decision that there was none “Danger of rebellion” and that “Regular police services” Were able to manage the situation, ruled that federal officials could not rely on the National Guard. The decision went on October 18, awaiting new arguments in the context of a legal steps of the state and the city.
But a spokesperson for the Pentagon said in a statement that around 200 members of the California National Guard, employed in the Los Angeles region, were already again assigned to Portland. The Governor of Oregon, Democrat Tina Kotek, said that a hundred of them had arrived on Saturday and that a hundred others were on Sunday.
“This decision seems intentionally to bypass it by a federal judge”She regretted. “The facts have not changed. It is not necessary to intervene militarily in Oregon. There is no uprising in Portland, nor threat to national security”she added, adding that she had not had an official exchange with the federal government.
“Abuse of law and power”
The office of his counterpart in California, Gavin Newsom, announced that around 300 members of the Californian guard could be deployed. The Democratic leader, who has already established the Trump government on this subject, has promised new legal action.
He described this implementation “Abuse of law and power” and explained that these troops had been “Federalized” And placed under the control of the Republican President months ago, despite his objections, in response to the problems in Los Angeles where the soldiers were sent.
Oregon Attorney General than Rayfield also said that his state, like the city of Portland and California, wanted to obtain a temporary limitation order against the use of National Guard troops.
“What was illegal yesterday is still today,” said Rayfield. “The judge’s order was not a simple procedural detail that the president could bypass, as my 14 -year -old son does when he does not appreciate my answers,” He castigered and added that Oregon “Will absolutely not participate in the president’s attempt to normalize the use of the American army in our cities.”
“War zone”
The national guards, army reservists, are trained to intervene on natural disasters, but they can also fight abroad. Donald Trump has made the fight against illegal immigration an absolute priority of his second term since his return to the White House in January.
Various demonstrations and actions against the American Immigration Police (ICE) took place lately, in particular in such -driven “shrines” cities such as Portland or Chicago (Illinois), where migrants are protected in an irregular situation and protected with removal.
On Sunday, the American president said, who said he wanted to use the army against the“Interior enemy”said without proof that “Portland is burning. There are insurgents everywhere”. Different Oregon officials qualify this description of spot. According to Mme Kotek, the mobilization against ice is limited and located in a single pâté of city houses of 650,000 inhabitants.
Donald Trump also threatens to send soldiers to New York or Baltimore, other major democratic cities. In addition to Los Angeles and Portland, the Republican President carried out all his threats in the American capital, Washington, in Memphis (Tennessee) and more recently in Chicago, where, according to a decree signed on Saturday, 300 national guards are sent to “Protect federal agents”. The Trump government described this megalopolis of Illinois as a “War zone”.
“They are those who transform this city into a war zone”On Sunday, the Democratic Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, answered to the CNN channel, who describes several raids and called on the departure of the troops.
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