Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced Wednesday that federal law enforcement agents will be sent to Chicago and Albuquerque, but he …
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced Wednesday that federal law enforcement agents will be sent to Chicago and Albuquerque, but he stressed that their mission will differ from the recent action in Portland. Wolf said that in Chicago, he said that citizens are shooting and killing each other “on the streets,” and in Portland, “anarchists” are attacking a federal courthouse. The agents that were deployed in Portland were there to protect a federal courthouse after it was attacked. “Every reasonable American agrees with the basic premise that every four-year-old should be able to sleep safely in their beds… we will work with our federal law enforcement partners to keep that promise,” he said in a White House news conference. President Donald Trump first announced there will be an increase in federal officers to fight crime in Chicago in the wake of numerous violent weekends that have left dozens of people dead and injured, including small children.
