Multiple arrests near Portland ICE building
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Portland police officers arrested three people near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland’s South Waterfront during and after Saturday evening demonstrations that they classified as a “riot.
Three people were arrested late Saturday and early Sunday after Portland police declared a riot near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.
Trump sent federal officers into Portland to quell riots five years ago. A tired city — watching events in LA — hopes it won’t happen again.
Federal officers clad in tactical gear deployed smoke, tear gas, flash grenades and other projectiles as the restive crowd of demonstrators hurled water bottles and fireworks.
Immigration officials say they have travel papers that will let them send Eyidi Ambila to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine says that's not enough.
Valdiney Goncalves had been in the process of obtaining a green card for five years when immigration officials detained him.
In Portland, hundreds of demonstrators began assembling outside the Oregon Convention Center around 10 a.m. The crowd grew steadily, with many participants waving flags, banners and signs decrying the president and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.