Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty on Monday announced that they wish to meet with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf to discuss a “cease-fire” and the removal of federal law enforcement officers from Oregon’s largest city.
It marks a reversal from earlier this month, when Wheeler said he would decline a meeting with Wolf even if he was invited. He said in a statement on July 16 that he knew Wolf and other DHS officials had arrived in Portland, and wished “they weren’t.”
