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The Trump administration is preparing to roll out a plan this week to send military-style federal assault squads already in Portland, Oregon, into other cities, warned White House chief of staff Mark Meadows , who only named locations with Democratic mayors.

Attorney General William Barr is weighing in on that with acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf , Meadows said Sunday on Fox News .

Youll see something rolled out this week, as we start to go in and make sure that the communities whether its Chicago or Portland or Milwaukee or someplace across the heartland we need to make sure their communities are safe, he added.

All three cities named are run by Democrats .

President Donald Trump also indicated that federal squads would likely target cities run by the party that opposes him. He said on Fox News Sunday that violence was on the increase in Democrat-run cities .

They are liberally run, they are stupidly run, the president added.

Meadows doubled down on what he claimed was the need for a federal crackdown in the face of a wall of criticism. Federal officers in military-style fatigues with no identification began roving downtown Portland in unmarked vans last week, snatching people off the streets. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted the squads Friday as stormtroopers ... kidnapping protesters.

Unidentified stormtroopers. Unmarked cars. Kidnapping protesters and causing severe injuries in response to graffiti.

These are not the actions of a democratic republic.@DHSgovs actions in Portland undermine its mission.

Trump & his stormtroopers must be stopped.

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Unidentified stormtroopers. Unmarked cars. Kidnapping protesters and causing severe injuries in response to graffiti.

These are not the actions of a democratic republic.@DHSgov s actions in Portland undermine its mission.

Trump & his stormtroopers must be stopped.
Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 18, 2020

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed suit in U.S. District Court on Friday, seeking an injunction to stop the uninvited squads kidnap and false arrest of citizens. It said the U.S. action violated constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure and loss of liberty.

The American Civil Liberties Union also sued DHS and the U.S. Marshals Service, and U.S. lawmakers have called for an investigation . The ACLU characterized the federal action in Portland as a constitutional crisis.

DHS head Wolf has railed about violent anarchists in Portland, yet the concerns he lists on the DHS website consist mainly of graffiti and damaged fences. He tweeted selfies during a recent Portland visit posing with graffiti.

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