The Trump administration has answered a wave of attacks on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with a forceful, nationwide response: Attorney General Pam Bondi has been ordered to deploy Department of Justice agents to ICE facilities — and “wherever” federal immigration officers come “under siege” — while President Trump has directed U.S. troops to Portland to protect the city and federal installations from Antifa and other domestic terrorists.

Bondi, writing on X, said the Justice Department will not stand by as ICE officers face repeated violence. “At my direction, I am deploying DOJ agents to ICE facilities—and wherever ICE comes under siege—to safeguard federal agents, protect federal property, and immediately arrest all individuals engaged in any federal crime,” she wrote. Bondi added that Joint Terrorism Task Forces are now focused on disrupting and investigating entities and individuals who commit acts of domestic terrorism, and that prosecutors will seek the most serious charges available, from conspiracy and assault to terrorism offenses.

The deployment follows President Trump’s executive order formally designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, a move the administration says gives investigators broad authority to probe the movement’s networks and anyone who provides material support.

Assets mobilizing. This campaign of terrorism will be brought down. https://t.co/YTcIorCDKk

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) September 27, 2025

The administration pivot comes amid alarming incidents, including a recent sniper attack at a Dallas ICE facility that left two migrants dead and a third critically injured. White House policy aide Stephen Miller declared the federal response underway: “Assets mobilizing. This campaign of terrorism will be brought down,” he wrote on social media.

Trump announced the troop orders on Truth Social, saying he directed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to send forces to “protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” He added that he was “authorizing Full Force, if necessary.”

Officials frame the actions as a necessary shift from defensive posture to active disruption of violent left-wing networks and their backers. The administration has signaled it will broaden investigations into NGOs and funding channels it says have bankrolled radical groups and violent protests. In recent weeks the White House has publicly accused some dark-money nonprofits of channeling support to agitators who target federal agents.

Portland was singled out after repeated clashes there between federal officers and anti-ICE militants. The administration says deploying troops is about restoring order and protecting federal personnel and property — not curbing lawful protest — though critics warn the move risks escalating tensions.

Bondi’s full X post reiterated a multi-agency approach: FBI, DEA, ATF, and the U.S. Marshals Service will accelerate operations alongside DHS to “locate, apprehend, detain, prosecute, and remove all illegal aliens present in our country.” “The rule of law will prevail,” she concluded.

The Justice Department indictment and enforcement push also reaches those who allegedly aid violent actors: Bondi instructed task forces to target anyone providing material support to domestic terrorist activity, and to pursue civil-disorder and other felony charges where warranted.

Alongside law-enforcement actions, the administration has launched what it calls an accountability campaign aimed at NGOs and donor networks it blames for funding unrest. Officials have argued that cutting off financial support and exposing donor channels is a critical front in preventing future attacks on federal personnel.

Supporters of the operation frame it as a long overdue reassertion of federal authority: after months of escalating attacks on ICE officers and facilities, they say, decisive action was necessary to protect agents and maintain order. Opponents caution that the use of military forces in domestic cities, and broad terrorism designations, risk civil-liberties conflicts and could further politicize law enforcement.

For now, the message from the top is unmistakable: the administration intends to use the full weight of the federal government — DOJ agents, task forces, and military assets — to dismantle what it calls a nationwide campaign of violence against federal officers and property. Bondi and other officials say prosecutions and arrests will follow swiftly wherever federal agents are targeted.