In the days since U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Ore. , lawmakers, business leaders and residents have been pushing back.

Trump posted on social media on Saturday that he had directed Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide troops "to protect War ravaged Portland" and any Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility that he said was under siege from Antifa and other domestic terrorists.

Since June, there have been protests outside an ICE facility in south Portland over the arrests of immigrants in raids, which are happening across the United States. The protests in Portland have mostly been peaceful, although a couple of dozen arrests have been made.

The State of Oregon and the City of Portland have since filed a lawsui

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