LIVE: Protest at ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois
Secretary Noem is currently on the roof of the ICE building in Broadview, as protest continues.
U.S. Attorney Dhillon confirming on X that Attorney General Bondi has ordered a full civil rights investigation into the Portland Police Bureau, following the wrongful arrest last night of Nick Sortor.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: President Trump will end the radical-left's reign of terror in Portland, once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland, and any ICE facilities under siege from attack by Antifa and other left-wing domestic terrorists. What's been allowed to happen in Portland, and we saw disturbing video footage of this last night; this is not peaceful protect, this is left-wing anarchy that has been destroying this great American city for years, leaving police officers battered, citizens terrorized, and business properties damaged.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: This incident is part of a troubling trend in Portland, where left-wing mobs believe they get to decide who can visit and live in their city. It is not their city. It is the American people's city, and President Trump is going to restore that. I just spoke to the president about this, and he has directed his team here at the White House to begin reviewing aid that can potentially be cut in Portland. We will not fund states that allow anarchy. There will also be an additional surge of federal resources to Portland immediately, including enhanced CBP and ICED resources. Law and order will prevail, and President Trump will make sure of it.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid costs for emergency services for illegal immigrants skyrocketed by one hundred and forty-two percent from the previous year, to 9.1 billion dollars. That's 9.1 billion taxpayer dollars that were going to emergency services for illegals.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: In Southern California, according to healthcare professionals, in 2023 under the Biden administration, Southern California's, "entire healthcare system was being bombarded with illegal immigrants, and forcing American patients to endure longer wait times." In Denver, Colorado, the CEO of Denver Health stated that eight thousand illegal immigrants made twenty thousand visits to the city's health system in 2023, leaving an uncompensated bill totaling over ten million dollars.