Overview

• Trump posted on Truth Social directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to send troops to Portland to protect the city and ICE facilities, saying he authorized “Full Force, if necessary.”
• The White House has not detailed which units would be used, the timeline, or rules of engagement, and prior court rulings have questioned the administration’s authority for domestic military deployments.
• Portland officials said they did not request federal forces and urged residents to avoid confrontation, while Sen. Ron Wyden warned of a possible reprise of 2020 federal tactics in the city.
• Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department will deploy agents to ICE facilities and instructed Joint Terrorism Task Forces to pursue domestic terrorism cases against those attacking federal personnel.
• The announcement follows Trump’s executive order designating Antifa a domestic terrorist organization and comes days after a deadly shooting at a Dallas ICE facility that investigators say targeted ICE.