“Portland has not requested and does not require the intervention of the National Guard,” Wilson said in the statement. He noted that National Guard members and U.S. Marines deployed to Los Angeles under the order of helping ICE and protest management have only inflamed tensions in that city.

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated immigration enforcement across the country, sending waves of fear and anger throughout American communities as federal authorities expand operations beyond traditional targets.

Mayor Keith Wilson issued a statement Sunday addressing massive "No Kings" anti-Trump demonstrations and a riot at a federal immigration facility in Portland

Tens of thousands of Portlanders marched across the Willamette River this afternoon in a show of numbers aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and mocking his birthday celebration.

In Portland, hundreds of demonstrators began assembling outside the Oregon Convention Center around 10 a.m. The crowd grew steadily, with many participants waving flags, banners and signs decrying the president and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Mayor Keith Wilson says Portland saw 50,000 protesters march peacefully while a separate group damaged an ICE facility, injuring 3 officers.

President Donald Trump announced that the nation's large Democratic-run cities are to be the new focus for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

In a statement responding to Saturday protests, Mayor Keith Wilson pledged that Portland police will uphold the law in the city, but will “not be used as agents of ICE.”

Trump directs ICE to implement "largest mass deportation operation" targeting illegal immigrants in Democrat-led cities while anti-ICE protests continue across the country.

Millions rally across the U.S. in anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests demanding democracy and immigrant rights amid scattered clashes.” Masses of