Trump demanded federal Troops go to Portland to protect ICE facility. Arrests outside it have been dropping for months

Source: The Independent

Sunday 28 September 2025 16:08 EDT


President Donald Trump has demanded that federal troops be deployed to Portland, Oregon, to protect immigration facilities from protesters — even though the number of arrests outside the facility has been dropping now for months.

Trump on Saturday ordered Pete Hegseth to deploy troops to “protect war-ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” the president wrote on Truth Social.

It was not immediately clear how many troops would be sent or when their deployment would begin. In response to the news, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek insisted the state didn’t need backup, saying during a press conference, “We don’t need help. We got this.”

Data published Saturday by The Oregonian appeared to confirm Kotek’s claims that the situation is under control. While large-scale protests were held outside Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in June, resulting in 18 arrests, the number of arrests at the facility ever since has dwindled, according to the report.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-troops-portland-ice-facility-b2835394.html