"The news came at an emergency press conference on Friday evening, where Portland Mayor Keith Wilson announced that the "rumors about deployment" of national law enforcement "became a reality" today, after a week of escalating rhetoric out of the White House. Wilson said the city has confirmed sightings of armored federal law enforcement vehicles and agents on Portland's streets. He and other elected officials and community leaders urged Portlanders not to "take the bait" from the Trump administration, encouraging calm and nonviolent protest."
""[Trump's] goal is to make Portland look like what he's been describing it as," Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley said. "Right now, President Trump has one goal. He wants to induce a violent exchange. Let us not grant him that wish. Let us be the force of orderly, peaceful protest, celebrating our rights as Americans to express ourselves and say no to an authoritarian president.""
City and state elected officials confirmed deployment of additional federal agents to Portland's ICE facility following escalating rhetoric from the White House. Mayor Keith Wilson reported sightings of armored federal vehicles and agents on Portland streets and urged residents to remain calm and nonviolent. Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley warned that the administration seeks to provoke a violent exchange and called for orderly, peaceful protest and resistance to authoritarianism. President Trump publicly threatened to send federal troops and said he planned to "do a pretty big number" on protesters. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced DOJ agents would be sent to ICE facilities to safeguard federal agents, protect property, and arrest individuals engaged in federal crimes. The deployment follows a deadly shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas.
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