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Why now: The deployment of the California Guard comes after a federal judge on Saturday temporarily barred the administration from sending Oregon’s own Guard troops to Portland. Newsom said in Sunday's statement the troops "are on their way now."

Why Portland, Ore.: The Trump administration has portrayed Portland, and other Democrat-led cities such as L.A. and Washington D.C. as rocked by civil unrest.

Why send the California Guard: The troops had already been federalized in the summer after protests broke out in L.A. over immigration raids. Newsom said it was in "response to unrest in Los Angeles — conditions that never necessitated their deployment in the first place, and have long since subsided anyway."

What's next: The governor said that "we will take this fight t

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