Protests erupted in Chicago and Portland denouncing President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy national guard troops in the cities. Protesters rallying against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency surrounded a vehicle in a Chicago suburb as federal agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at the crowd.

The scores of federalized troops were spotted patrolling the streets of some of the Windy City’s most prominent tourist and shopping hotspots during the ICE round up.

Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday, a new escalation of an immigration enforcement crackdown there that followed President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will send troops to Portland in the latest examples of creeping federal law enforcement presence in U.

The president characterized Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities as being under siege from domestic terrorists.

President Donald Trump ordered Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy all "necessary" troops to Portland to quell protests.