Portland, Trump and ICE
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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.
Portland police arrested two people during Sunday night’s protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, the Police Bureau said. Officers took a 17-year-old from Milwaukie into custody at about 9:30 p.m., police said. The boy faces charges of assault in the fourth degree.
After President Trump said he would send troops to Portland, Oregon A.G. Rayfield and Governor Kotek said on Sunday that Trump had invoked Title 10.
Fox News' Jonathan Hunt reports the latest on anti-ICE riots in Portland. 'Outnumbered' co-host Kayleigh McEnany also joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Oregon's lawsuit against the Trump admin and an ex-ESPN host calling for civil discourse.
South Portland residents are bracing for an escalation of conflict and federal involvement after months of small nightly protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building that occasionally culminated in clashes with federal police.
President Trump had said he will send troops to Portland to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he said were "under attack."
The president promised to “wipe them out,” referring to the protesters.
President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send federal troops to Portland drew crowds of protesters and onlookers to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Saturday night. But the overall tenor of the evening differed sharply from the president’s depiction of Portland as “war-ravaged.”
President Trump has made Oregon’s largest city a frequent target of both his rhetoric and his policies. Many residents are rolling their eyes.