Trump Orders Deployment of Troops to Portland, ICE Facilities
ICE agents charge towards protesters during a protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump administration's immigration policies, outside an ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon, U.S., September 1, 2025. (Reuters File)
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President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to send troops to protect Portland and federal immigration facilities.
“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete 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 said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
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(Reporting by David Ljunggren, editing by Caitlin Webber)
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