RELATED: More US agents may go to Portland; mayors want limitsPortland Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty late Monday called for a meeting with Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to discuss a cease-fire and removal of heightened federal forces from Portland.Earlier Monday, a U.S.
official said militarized officers will stay in Portland until attacks on the federal courthouse cease — and that more officers may soon head to the city.Advertisement“It is not a solution to tell federal officers to leave when there continues to be attacks on federal property and personnel,” U.S.
Attorney Billy Williams said. ”We are not leaving the building unprotected to be destroyed by people intent on doing so.”Local and state.