by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Washington D.C. Bureau Staff
WASHINGTON (Worthy News) – President Donald Trump said Monday he is considering invoking the Insurrection Act to send federal troops into Portland, Oregon, amid escalating protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the city.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he has refrained from using the 19th-century law so far but would not hesitate if violence continued or local officials failed to act.
“Portland is on fire. Portland’s been on fire for years,” the president said. “So far, it hasn’t been necessary. But we have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I’d do that. If people were being killed, and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that. I mean, I want to make sure people aren’t killed.”
The Insurrection Act gives the president authority to federalize the National Guard and deploy troops domestically to quell what is deemed an insurrection or civil unrest against the United States government.
Trump’s remarks came after a federal judge again blocked his administration from deploying National Guard troops to Portland. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, ruled Sunday that the move violated both federal law and the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers not delegated to the federal government to the states.
The Trump administration had sought to deploy both Oregon and California National Guard units to protect an ICE facility in Portland where protesters have clashed repeatedly with federal agents. Immergut’s latest ruling extends the injunction to cover all National Guard deployments to the city.
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