Tear state and fume envelop ICE agents arsenic radical protestation against the U.S. President Donald Trump administration's migration policies, extracurricular an ICE detention installation successful Portland, Oregon, connected Sept. 1, 2025.
John Rudoff | Reuters
President Donald Trump said Saturday helium volition nonstop troops to Portland, Oregon, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to grip "domestic terrorists" arsenic helium expands his arguable deployments to much American cities.
He made the announcement connected societal media, penning that helium was directing the Department of Defense to "provide each indispensable Troops to support War ravaged Portland."
Trump said the determination was indispensable to support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which helium described arsenic "under siege from onslaught by Antifa, and different home terrorists."
The White House did not instantly respond to a petition for details connected Trump's announcement, specified arsenic a timeline for the deployment oregon what troops would beryllium involved. He antecedently threatened to nonstop the National Guard into Chicago without pursuing through. A deployment successful Memphis, Tennessee, is expected to see lone astir 150 troops, acold little than were sent to the District of Columbia for Trump's crackdown oregon successful Los Angeles successful effect to migration protests.
Pentagon officials did not instantly respond to requests for information.
Since the assassination of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk, the Republican president has escalated his efforts to face what helium calls the "radical left," which helium blames for the country's problems with governmental violence.
He deployed the National Guard and active-duty Marines to Los Angeles implicit the summertime and arsenic portion of his instrumentality enforcement takeover successful the nation's capital.
The ICE installation successful Portland has been the people of predominant demonstrations, sometimes starring to convulsive clashes. Some national agents person been injured and respective protesters person been charged with assault. When protesters erected a guillotine earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security described it arsenic "unhinged behavior."
Trump, successful comments Thursday successful the Oval Office, suggested immoderate benignant of cognition was successful the works.
"We're going to get retired determination and we're going to bash a beauteous large fig connected those radical successful Portland," helium said, describing them arsenic "professional agitators and anarchists."
Earlier successful September, Trump had described surviving successful Portland arsenic "like surviving successful hell" and said helium was considering sending successful national troops, arsenic helium has precocious threatened to bash to combat transgression successful different cities, including Chicago and Baltimore.
"Like different mayors crossed the country, I person not asked for -– and bash not request -– national intervention," Portland's mayor, Keith Wilson, said successful a connection aft Trump's threat. Wilson said his metropolis had protected state of look portion "addressing occasional unit and spot destruction."
In Tennessee, Memphis has been bracing for an influx of National Guard troops, and connected Friday, Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who helped coordinate the operation, said they volition beryllium portion of a surge of resources to combat transgression successful the city.
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