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    Former DHS Secretary: Deployment Of Federal Agents In Portland Is 'Inappropriate'

    "We have to wait and see whether in fact how Operation Legend was represented is, in fact, how it's being carried out," says former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
    Jul 24, 2020 3 minutes
    Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 29, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

    There are two kinds of federal interventions happening right now in U.S. cities.

    At the direction of the Trump administration, federal agents have moved into Chicago and Albuquerque in a deployment known as Operation LeGend, which started in Kansas City earlier this month.

    This comes as multiple inspectors general launched investigations into federal officers at protests in Portland, Oregon. In a statement, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico John C. Anderson said Operation LeGend is not related to the federal response in Portland.

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