President Donald Trump has warned he may send the National Guard to Portland to quell protests against immigration enforcement.
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“If we go to Portland, we’re going to wipe them out. They’re going to be gone,“ Trump said Sept. 5. ”They’ve ruined that city.”
The protests outside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been ongoing since early June , with major flareups that month, July 4 and Labor Day.
Here’s how events in Portland have developed so far:
June 2: Federal authorities arrest an asylum-seeker at Portland’s Immigration Court. Observers believe it to be the first such arrest in Portland in Trump’s accelerating immigration dragnet.
June 4: Federal officers detain t