Trump sends troops to Portland
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President Donald Trump directs Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to deploy troops to protect ICE facilities in Portland from Antifa and domestic terror threats.
Current demonstrations involve dozens of protesters compared to the mass protests following George Floyd's death in 2020.
Protesters gathered at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland hours after President Donald Trump said he would send federal troops to “protect” the city from what
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Portland mayor condemns federal intervention, claims videos of anti-ICE riots were from years ago
Mayor Keith Wilson opposes President Donald Trump's troop deployment to protect Portland's ICE facility amid ongoing protests and federal tensions.
The ICE facility violated its land use more than two dozen times between Oct. 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025, according to the city.
Reports of a ramp-up in federal officers in Portland on Friday prompted local officials to quickly urge residents: Don’t react.
The ragtag demonstration, spurred by Trump’s actions in Los Angeles and arrests at Portland’s federal immigration court in early June, has largely subsided into a simmering but stable occupation of sorts in a quiet area south of downtown that also features apartment buildings, a Tesla dealership and a ballet school.
Did Antifa firebomb rapper Ice Cube's tour bus after they mistook it for an ICE vehicle on a Portland street? No, that's not true: As of September 27, 2025, investigators had not revealed any suspects or motive for the