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President Donald Trump has taken aim in his second term at some of the country’s largest Democratic-run cities – Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC – sending in federal officers and, in some cases, the US military to aid immigration enforcement and root out what he calls rampant crime. But one of his targets isn’t even among the country’s biggest 30 …

Portland, Oregon — Ongoing protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Portland, Oregon, have largely been contained to a single block in the downtown South Waterfront neighborhood, but the perception of Portland as unsafe has created ripple effects across this 135-square-mile city.  On one particular October day, Mother’s Bistro and Bar in downtown Portland was seeing …

Protesters wave to passersby as they wait outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, where U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting, Oct. 7, 2025. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB The city of Portland is considering taking over the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, an epicenter of protests and national attention …

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has rejected or sidestepped most items on a list of demands made by the federal government in an attempt to corral protesters around the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland. In a letter signed by Scott Bradford, who heads the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon, the federal government asked for the creation of …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — By now, you probably have seen or heard about an increase in federal resources to Portland related to the protests outside of the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. President Donald Trump has referred to the Rose City as being “war-ravaged,” a “hell hole” under siege by “Antifa” domestic terrorists. The President has also called …

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’  The New York Times ‘I sleep with a gas mask on’: Life next to Portland protest angering Trump  BBC Portland police arrest three near ICE facility in ongoing protest tensions  KATU Arrests Made During Protest Activity in South Waterfront  City of Portland, Oregon (.gov) Lawsuits to be filed against federal agents, local …

State and local leaders — but only a few protesters — greeted U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday as she visited Portland and the ICE office that has been the site of recurring protests since June. As Noem made the case for increased security near the facility, where the Trump administration has sought to deploy National Guard troops …

White House confident courts will greenlight their Portland plan. Trump is telegraphing Plan B.  Politico What is the Insurrection Act?  CNN Trump floats using Insurrection Act after court blocks Guard deployment in Portland  KATU How Trump could use the Insurrection Act to send troops to American cities  Axios Trump floats invoking the Insurrection Act  NBC News Source link

Portland police Chief Bob Day met twice Tuesday with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in what he called an effort to build a relationship with federal partners, even as the two share differing views on protests around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to have met with the secretary today,” Day told reporters …

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — After meeting with Portland Mayor Keith Wilson on Tuesday during a visit to Portland, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Fox News that if the mayor did not meet some of her demands for more security at the ICE facility “we were going to send four times the amount of federal officers” …