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There are so many more people coming into the movement right now and with that we have to figure out a way to direct that energy into something concrete,” says one organizer in Portland, Oregon.
A crowd gathered at Elizabeth Caruthers Park, chanting for federal immigration officers and the controversial ICE facility to get out of the city and state.
A Portland Police officer who was filmed punching a protester earlier this month during an anti-ICE protest was also named in a lawsuit years earlier by a different protester who was injured by police.
Six people were arrested in downtown Portland late Friday night after an hour-long demonstration outside the hotels protestors suspect are hosting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to the city under “Operation Catch of the Day.”
Hundreds of Oregonians turned out across Portland and in Salem to protest against federal agents shooting people in Portland and Minneapolis, as well as U.S. military action in Venezuela. Several groups quickly organized Saturday’s events after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed an unarmed woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis,
Multiple walkout events are happening across the state Tuesday as part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration.
PORTLAND. Ore. (KOIN) — About 100-150 people were seen gathering outside the Portland ICE facility around 10 p.m. Saturday night after other protests were held around the Rose City throughout the day.
Compared with federal officers and their own past practice, Portland police have used force relatively infrequently during immigration protests.