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Trump vows not to help blue cities with riots, instructs ICE and Border Patrol to protect federal property

Trump orders Homeland Security to avoid intervening in protests in Democratic cities unless formally requested, with strict federal protection for government property emphasized.

  • On Saturday, President Donald Trump told DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to refrain from intervening in protests in Democrat-run cities unless they ask for help, while directing ICE and Border Patrol to protect federal buildings aggressively.
  • Federal deployments to Minneapolis, Minnesota sparked weeks of protests after large Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence and killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
  • A judge ordered the release of Liam Conejo Ramos and his father after protests at the family detention centre housing about 1100 people, reports show.
  • Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison challenged the surge by suing, and Department of Justice lawyers called the lawsuit `legally frivolous`, while a federal judge refused to halt enforcement as the case proceeds.
  • Al Jazeera's Manuel Rapalo said the move signals a softer White House tone, though neighbours and school officials alleged officers used the preschooler as `bait`, an account DHS called an `abject lie`.
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US President Donald Trump stated Saturday that he ordered the Department of Homeland Security not to engage "under any form" in protests in democratically administered cities, except in the case where local authorities request federal support or if federal government buildings are threatened, Reuters.

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Trump has said: "Under no circumstances are we going to participate in the various cities mismanaged by the Democrats regarding their protests and/or riots, unless they ask us for help."The excesses and murders in Minneapolis expose the weakness of Trump The US President, Donald Trump, said this Saturday in a post on Social Truth that he has asked the Secretary of the Department of National Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, on whom the ICE depends, n…

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Through Truth Social, Donald Trump announced that ICE will not intervene in protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other cities. I have instructed the National Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances will we participate in several poorly managed Democratic cities regarding their protests and/or riots unless, and until, they ask us for help. Donald Trump, President of the United StatesThe President of the United States, Dona…

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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
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