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President Donald Trump on Saturday authorised the deployment of US troops to the northwestern city of Portland, Oregon, and to various Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the country.
The move extends his controversial practice of using the military domestically, often against the wishes of local democratic officials.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated the action was requested by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, to “protect war-ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” He also authorised “Full Force, if necessary.”
The decision follows months of protests at Portland’s ICE facility over the administration’s hardline approach to undocumented migrants.
Trump’s critics worry that his labelling of the Antifa movement as a “domestic terrorist group”—a designation announced after the killing of activist Charlie Kirk—is a tactic to suppress political dissent.
The deployment also comes days after a deadly shooting at an ICE facility in Texas.
The president’s top aide, Stephen Miller, described the situation as “domestic terrorist sedition” against the federal government.
