National Security SEC. Kristi Noem Visit the ice facilities in the protests of the center of Portland

The Secretary of the National Security Department, Kristi Noem, made a high profile visit to an immigration and customs control installation (ICE) in Portland on Tuesday in the middle of a legal battle on the shipment of federal troops to the city of Oregon.

Noem made a brief appearance on the ceiling of the installation, which has been the site of night manifestations on the repression of administration immigration for several months.

During his visit to the installation, he met with the local officials of the law, including the Portland Police Chief, Bob Day, the Oregon State Police Superintendent, Casey Codding and the Sheriff of the Multnomah County, Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell, according to the Portland Police Office.

Day thanked Noem for time, saying during a press conference Tuesday night: “I think communication is the first step to solve our differences.”

He said Noem is “obviously and understandably” concerned about the safety of his staff, the building and “the ability to function.”

“We really try to find forms and solutions that could allow us to reduce part of the conflict and dissidents in a way that is mainly for everyone’s safety,” he said.

Day said he would like to see more a police presence in the place.

“We have been trying to coordinate that with the federal response, because we have different policies and different expectations around the procedures, so we have to work more closely with them,” he said.

Last month, the president, Donald Trump, ordered the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to provide “all the necessary troops” to Portland in the midst of protests in the facilities, claiming that the city is a “war zone.”

During the weekend, an American district judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration to deploy the National Guard to Portland, finding that the conditions in the city “were not significantly violent or harmful” to justify a federal acquisition of the National Guard, and that the president’s statements about the city “were simply not attentive to the facts.”

The governor of Oregon, Tina Kotek, said she approached Noem when she learned of a possible visit and met with the secretary at the airport upon arrival on Tuesday.

“I was clear that I have confidence in the Local Police to fulfill the moment,” Kotek said in a statement.

“I requested that the National Security Department and Customs Immigration and Control agents obey Oregon’s laws when they participate in federal operations. I reiterated that I continue to focus on doing everything possible to protect the Oregonians from military intervention or the note of the Federal Law of the Law.

ABC News communicated with the governor’s office to obtain a comment and did not receive an immediate response.

Day said he and Noem did not discuss the deployments of the National Guard troops.

“That, you know, it is part of a matter of ongoing litigation. So that is not something that was discussed,” he said during Tuesday’s informative session.

Day has retired against the deployment of the National Guard to Portland, saying in an interview with ABC News on Monday that his department can administer the crime, including assault and vandalism.

The manifestations focused on the installation of ice occupy a single block of the city of 145 square miles, said Day. The officers have made 37 arrests since the protests began in early June, the Portland Police Office said Tuesday.

Day said during the informative session on Tuesday that there has been a “significant decrease in that violent activity” in recent months, but that in the last 10 days, the “energy level has increased.”

“We speak in an integral way about the need for a change in the environment, change and behavior there, and I agree with that,” Day said about his conversation with Noem.

Multnomah’s County Sheriff, Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell, told ABC News after Tuesday’s meeting that the department welcomes associations with federal agencies “when those efforts complement our local public security priorities, respect Oregon’s law and are based on responsibility and transparency.”

Meanwhile, Noem said during an appearance in Fox News that he met with Portland Mayor Keith Wilson on Tuesday and warned that he could send more federal officers to the city if certain security measures are not met.

“What I told him is that if he did not follow some of these security measures for our officers, we will cover it with more federal resources, and that we are going to send four times the number of federal officers here so that the people of Portland can have some security,” he said.