The US president has said the agents will only protect federal property<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to stay away from protests in Democrat-run cities amid nationwide demonstrations against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
\nThe \u201cNational Shutdown\u201d was called on Friday, with organizers urging Americans to abstain from work, school, and shopping in a mass strike aimed at pressuring the government to end immigration raids. In Los Angeles, the demonstration escalated into clashes with police and federal agents, with protesters taking over an ICE facility. A similar incident was reported in Eugene, Oregon, where demonstrators breached a federal building and refused to leave.
\nIn a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said he had \u201cinstructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and\/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe will, however, guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked\u2026 I have instructed ICE and\/or Border Patrol to be very forceful in this protection of Federal Government Property,\u201d he added.
\nTrump also argued that the primary responsibility for protecting both local and federal assets lies with state authorities, saying the federal government would step in only as a backup.
\n\u201cIf local governments are unable to handle the Insurrectionists, Agitators, and Anarchists, we will immediately go to the location where such help is requested and take care of the situation very easily and methodically,\u201d he said, warning that federal agencies \u2013 and \u201cif necessary, our Military\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0would respond forcefully if federal property is threatened.<\/p>\n
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\nEarlier this week, US House Democrats called for Noem\u2019s removal, arguing that the violence \u201cmust end forthwith.\u201d Trump defended the DHS chief, saying she is only being targeted because she \u201chas done a really GREAT JOB.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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