Trump Orders Troops To Portland And ICE Facilities

“At the request of [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem, I am directing [Hegseth] to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE facilities under siege from attack by antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump said he has authorized “full force, if necessary.”

Protestors have organized outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland for months, as Oregon lawmakers have criticized officials for the alleged mistreatment of detainees, and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has said the facility was under investigation for possible permit violations.

In a memo issued by the White House on Thursday, Trump ordered a crackdown on alleged “organized political violence” and claimed “riots” across Portland and Los Angeles resulted in a more than 1,000% increase in attacks on ICE officers since January.

Protestors have portrayed “foundational American principals,” including support for law enforcement and border control, as “fascist” to “justify and encourage acts of violent revolution,” according to the memo.

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday at least three protestors in Portland have been arrested in recent months, including one protestor who allegedly shined a “high-powered laser beam” into an ICE officer’s eyes and another who allegedly threw a smoke grenade at federal officers, striking one in the forearm and abdomen— both protestors were charged with assault on a federal officer.