The ongoing battle between the Trump administration and Democratic-based cities intensified this weekend.
The news comes as the White House announced authorization for hundreds of National Guard members to be sent to Chicago and a federal judge in Oregon hit pause on the president’s plan to roll out federal troops in Portland.
Those developments came against the backdrop of continuing protests in Chicago and Portland against Federal law enforcement carrying out President Trump’s sweeping immigration enforcement agenda.
Trump and his administration have framed demonstrations in the two cities as violent protests carried out by domestic terrorists, arguing that military deployments are necessary to protect federal immigration personnel and property, despite state and city leaders’ insistence that the protests have been largely peaceful and any violence was easily dealt with by local law enforcement.
Tension spiked to a new high in Chicago on Saturday when U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stepped out of his car and shot five times at a woman in another car.
The female US Citizen had rammed her car into a federal law enforcement vehicle, the complaint claims. DHS mentioned how the woman is now in the custody of the FBI after being discharged from the hospital. She and another person are now facing federal criminal charges linked to this incident.