Chicago and Portland | The Trump administration describes democratic cities as “war areas”

(Chicago) The Trump administration described Chicago on Sunday as a “war zone” justifying the sending of troops, while a judge prevents the White House from sending the army to another city led by the Democratic opposition.

“It is an area of ​​war. His city is an area of ​​war and he lies so that criminals can enter and destroy people’s lives, “said internal security secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday on the Fox News channel, referring to the city mayor, Brandon Johnson, who denounced” unconstitutional measures “.

The Trump administration manager has noted that gangs and cartels and other “known terrorist organizations” offered bonuses to demonstrators against immigration police officers (ICE).

US President Donald Trump signed a decree on Saturday for the sending of 300 national guards to Chicago, Illinois, in order to “protect agents and federal goods”, according to the White House.

This announcement was strongly criticized in the ranks of the Democratic opposition, the Senator of Illinois, Dick Durbin, believing that the “president does not seek to fight crime, but to spread fear”.

“They are the ones who transform this city into a war zone,” the Democratic Governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, added on the CNN channel, added on Sunday, describing multiple raids and calling for the troops.

Events in Portland

The northern megalopolis of the country is the fifth Democratic city where President Trump has ordered the deployment of the National Guard, a measure hitherto very exceptional.

The national guards have already been deployed in recent months in Los Angeles, Washington and Memphis, each time despite the opposition of local officials.

In Washington, the American president ensures that this made it possible to “clean up” the capital.

“There is a war against crime,” argued the president of the House of Representatives on NBC on Sunday, Mike Johnson, taking the example of the capital.

“We are much safer. Before (the deployment of troops), it was literally an area of ​​war, “he said.

A deployment similar to Portland was however blocked on Saturday temporarily by a federal judge.

Demonstrations against immigration police have been taking place for months in this big city in Oregon (northwest of the United States).

But in a 33 -page document, judge Karin J. Immergut underlines that these protest movements do not present a “danger of rebellion” and can be managed by “regular police”.

Federal officials therefore “temporarily ban” to deploy the National Guard, she ruled. This decision expired on October 18.

Mr. Trump’s deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, has argued on X that this decision constituted a judicial “insurrection”.

“No insurrection”

Donald Trump has made the fight against illegal immigration an absolute priority of his second term since his return to the White House in January.

Several demonstrations and actions against the immigration police have taken place lately, notably in so -called “sanctuar” cities such as Portland or Chicago, where migrants in an irregular situation and threatened with evictions are protected.

On Sunday, the American president, who said he wanted to use the soldiers against the “enemy of the interior, on Sunday,” said Portland is burning. There are insurgents everywhere ”.

“There is no insurrection, there is no threat to national security, and there is no need for military troops in our big city,” replied the governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, before calling the public to “not bite the hook” by committing to violence or degradations.

The national guards, army reservists, are trained to intervene on natural disasters, but they can also fight abroad.

Donald Trump threatens to send soldiers also to New York or Baltimore, other major democratic cities.

In Chicago, forces of the Department of Internal Security said on Saturday that it had been forced to open fire on an “armed” motorist who had stunned their van, injuring her.