US EditionTrump Sends Troops to Portland, with Orders to Use Force "if Necessary"
Federal troops were authorized to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid protests blocking facilities, with orders to use force if necessary, following recent deadly attacks.
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Oregon, Portland sue Trump admin. to stop troop deployments
The state of Oregon and the city of Portland, Oregon, sued the Trump administration on Sunday in an attempt to stop troops from being deployed there. Within the lawsuit, the plaintiffs said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called 200 members of the Oregon National Guard into service “effective immediately.” NBC News’ Maya Eaglin has more.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of troops in the city of Portland, in the northwest of the country, in the context of the controversial internal use of the armed forces to support his offensive against immigration.The Republican president, who has already deployed military personnel in Los Angeles and Washington, threatened in early September to send the National Guard to Portland, the largest city in Oregon sta…
Editorial: Portland must resist becoming Trump’s political prop
President Donald Trump's announcement that he will send federal forces to Portland is neither necessary nor justified, the editorial board writes. But Oregonians must resist reacting impetuously to Trump’s bombast or actions, which will only feed negative narratives used to discredit our values.
Trump orders troop deployment in Portland to back immigration crackdown
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 — President Donald Trump yesterday authorized the deployment of troops in the northwestern US city of Portland, extending his contentious domestic use of the military to support a mass immigration crackdown.A deployment in Portland—Oregon’s largest city—would follow similar moves by the Republican president to mobilize troops against the wishes of local Democratic leadership in Los Angeles and Washington DC.It also comes as T…
More than 110 political, social and business leaders in Oregon refused to send federal troops. They fear the 2020 scenario will be repeated, when the military presence intensified conflicts in the streets.
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