Portland, ICE and protests
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The federal trial in Portland over President Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops to the city continued Thursday, two days after a majority of the judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted to reconsider an earlier decision by the court to allow the deployment.
Portland police commander testifies that Trump's federal forces escalated protest violence at ICE facility, contradicting administration claims during bench trial.
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Widely diverging accounts of Portland ICE protests emerge in trial over National Guard deployment
The second day of the trial also saw the judge again push Trump administration lawyers to explain why troops were briefly deployed in violation of a court order.
Troops remained for eight hours after the judge issued her temporary ban. “They could have gotten the message to the Guardsmen if they felt it was important,” she said.
The federal government could be in contempt of court for defying a U.S. District Court judge’s order blocking National Guard deployment to Portland. U.S. Department of Justice attorney Jean Lin on Wednesday admitted to Judge Karin Immergut that Oregon National Guard troops were briefly sent to Portland despite Immergut’s order blocking such a deployment.
At a concert in Portland, Oregon, where President Donald Trump recently deployed the National Guard, Rapp made reference to the move, telling crowds: "And it just happens that we time out that we're here at the same time as some people who shouldn't … be here are."
Video captured by TPUSA Frontlines shows officers detaining a female agitator outside the Portland ICE building as police confirm two arrests in the area.
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‘Best interest’: Encampment outside Portland ICE facility removed by the city overnight
The protest camp outside Portland’s ICE facility was removed overnight, in a decision that Portland police said was “in the best interest of everyone involved.”
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ICE official defends agency's tactics amid fallout from raid on wrong home in Portland, Oregon
In footage shared widely on social media last week, federal immigration agents were seen breaking into a home Portland, Oregon — but the person they were looking for doesn't live there.
A significant ICE overhaul may impact deportation efforts in Seattle and Portland, raising concerns among local communities.
Reports and social media posts suggest an increase in the presence of federal immigration agents and detentions across the Portland metro area over the last few weeks, raising concerns among advocates,