Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon in crackdown on immigration protests

Published connected 27/09/2025 - 17:38 GMT+2 •Updated 17:54

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will nonstop troops to Portland, Oregon, "authorising Full Force, if necessary” to grip “domestic terrorists” arsenic he expands his arguable deployments to much American cities. 

Trump announced this connected societal media, penning that he was directing nan Department of Defence to “provide each basal troops to protect war-ravaged Portland.”

The decision, according to Trump, was basal to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he described arsenic “under siege from onslaught by Antifa, and different home terrorists.” 

Details connected nan timeline for nan deployment successful Portland, aliases what troops would beryllium involved, person yet to beryllium given, and nan White House has not issued immoderate connection regarding this.

Since blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk was killed, Trump has stepped up efforts to target nan alleged "radical left," which he claims is to blasted for nan nation's governmental unit issues.

He deployed nan National Guard and active-duty Marines to Los Angeles complete nan summer, arsenic portion of his rule enforcement takeover successful nan District of Columbia. 

Portland protesters target ICE facilities

The ICE installation successful Portland has been nan target of predominant demonstrations, sometimes starring to convulsive clashes. Some national agents person been injured, and respective protesters person been charged pinch assault.

Earlier this month, erstwhile protesters erected a guillotine, nan Department of Homeland Security described it arsenic “unhinged behaviour.”

Speaking astatine nan Oval Office connected Thursday, Trump suggested immoderate benignant of cognition was successful nan works. “We’re going to get retired there, and we’re going to do a beautiful large number connected those group successful Portland,” he said, describing them arsenic “professional agitators and anarchists.”

He erstwhile described surviving successful Portland “like surviving successful hell” and said he was considering sending successful national troops, arsenic he has precocious threatened to do to combat crime successful different cities, including Chicago and Baltimore. 

Reacting to Trump's threat, Portland's mayor, Keith Wilson, said successful a statement. “Like different mayors crossed nan country, I person not asked for—and do not need—federal intervention.”

Wilson said his metropolis had protected state of look while “addressing occasional unit and spot destruction."

In Tennessee, Memphis has been bracing for an influx of some 150 National Guard troops, and connected Friday, Republican Gov. Bill Lee said they will beryllium portion of a surge of resources to conflict crime successful nan city. 

Trump antecedently threatened to nonstop nan National Guard into Chicago without pursuing through.