Anti-ICE protesters displayed a guillotine and clashed with police outside a Portland immigration facility, with officers firing munitions to disperse the crowd.

In a news conference on Friday evening, Portland and Oregon leaders urged the community to remain peaceful after an increase in activity by federal agents.

When President Donald Trump announced he was sending troops to “protect war-ravaged” Portland, his administration cited the need to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities from persistent demonstration.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson on Saturday dismissed President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to Oregon’s largest city, claiming there is no lawlessness or violence there. Trump announced Saturday morning he plans to send troops to Portland at the request of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

National Guard troops are making their way to Portland, Oregon, to protect immigration facilities from leftist rioters besieging the city in recent months. The troops began reporting for duty in Portland on Wednesday,

A top aide to Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR), who is opposing President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect government facilities in Portland from antifa attacks, was arrested for allegedly interfering with law enforcement during an antifa uprising at a Portland police station in 2020.

Trump has previously described living here, in the nation’s 26th-most-populous city, as being like “living in hell.”

Portland is the latest American city where Trump said he’ll send the military. But his fixation on Oregon is different.

The White House put out the statement Tuesday, the same day Trump spoke to U.S military leaders gathered at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico. He turned his attention to Portland there as well. “How about Portland?