Travel Portland disputes Trump feedback, promotes metropolis security to vacationers

Travel Portland up to date its “Safety in Portland” web page this week, insisting that current feedback by President Donald Trump are “not true” whereas touting town’s security in an effort to encourage extra vacationers. 

“The recent comments by President Trump regarding Portland are not true and do not reflect what visitors to our city should expect to experience,” the group says on its web site.

Travel Portland famous that the ICE facility within the metropolis is “located in an isolated area” two miles away from downtown and main points of interest. 

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“Portlanders have long exercised their free speech rights, and some have gravitated to the federal ICE facility in South Portland to protest the agency’s tactics,” the web site says.

Anti-ICE protests started in June, as Fox News Digital has reported. Seven folks have been arrested thus far this month for costs that embody disorderly conduct, harassment and assault. 

Travel Portland is refuting considerations in regards to the metropolis’s security for each residents and vacationers.  (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Travel Portland, nevertheless, said that demonstrations have been “relatively small and typically peaceful.”

“Portland is a safe place to visit, and as in any major city, it’s a good idea to take care when exploring,” the group added. 

A Travel Portland spokesperson instructed Fox News Digital, “The page speaks for itself and is intended to address potential safety concerns and perceptions visitors to the city may have. Aside from that, Travel Portland does not have further comment beyond what is stated on the page.”

“As in any major city, it’s a good idea to take care when exploring.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House. A spokesperson stated Friday, “This summer, rioters in Portland have been charged for crimes, including arson and assaulting police officers — this isn’t a peaceful protest that’s under control, as many on the left have claimed. It’s radical violence.”

The spokesperson added, “Last month, Antifa militants brought a guillotine to the ICE facility in Portland. President Trump is taking lawful action to protect federal law enforcement officers and address the out-of-control violence that local residents have complained about and that Democrat leaders have failed to stop.”

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The Major Cities Chiefs Association says that final 12 months’s information indicated murder, rape and robberies had been down, and that aggravated assault rose.

“While violent crime is down, it is still at historic highs,” the Portland Police Bureau additionally wrote in its “Crime Reduction Plan” posted in January.

An aerial view of Portland, Oregon, within the fall. Portland taxes vacationers a 13% charge every night time they keep in both a resort or a short-term rental. (iStock)

Travel Portland is a “private not-for-profit” group, however it’s “primarily funded” by taxpayers by native lodging taxes, based on the group’s web site.

Portland taxes vacationers a 13% charge every night time they keep in both a resort or a short-term rental.

Of the collected tax, “1% goes to Travel Portland, the region’s leading tourism organization, to promote Portland,” whereas “1.5% goes to the Oregon Tourism Commission to fund Travel Oregon,” says town’s authorities web site.

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The Portland Tourism Improvement District additionally collects a 2% tax on vacationers per night time, making up 42% of Travel Portland’s funding.

The “Safety in Portland” web page lists varied assets and ideas for guests.

“Safe and efficient” public transportation is highlighted, noting that town’s TriMet bus system has a security response staff on the bottom. It additionally says it has “customer safety supervisors” able to “de-escalate conflicts.”

A protester reacts as legislation enforcement officers deploy smoke grenades to disperse folks gathered outdoors the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Portland on Oct. 5, 2025.  (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

In Sept. 2023, town created a resort safety district protecting two hospitality zones.

The areas have elevated each day security patrols between 3 p.m. and a pair of:30 a.m.

“The Convention District Safe Connect Program also ensures a consistent presence of public safety coordinators seven days a week, with additional personnel for specific events,” Travel Portland provides. 

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The web page additionally warns of wildfires throughout extended droughts or excessive heatwaves. It advises winter vacationers to count on enterprise closures throughout snowy circumstances. 

Over 12 million native, home and worldwide vacationers visited Portland in 2024, based on the “The Economic Impact of Travel – Portland, Oregon” report. 

The Portland skyline is proven above. Over 12 million native, home and worldwide vacationers visited Portland in 2024, based on a report.  (iStock)

Under Portland’s sanctuary coverage, metropolis workers — together with law enforcement officials — don’t implement federal immigration legislation. Oregon has a statewide sanctuary legislation that likewise bars state and native legislation enforcement from collaborating in immigration enforcement and not using a warrant.

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President Trump has known as Portland “war-ravaged” and claimed federal services, together with ICE websites, are “under siege” by Antifa and “other domestic terrorists.” The ICE facility in Portland has develop into a significant flashpoint for Trump’s clampdown on unlawful immigration. 

Left-wing protesters and agitators have descended on the power a number of occasions.

Michael Dorgan of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.