A protest outside an immigration detention center in Oregon turned tense this week after a video showed federal agents detaining a woman on a public pavement. The footage has spread widely online, with many people debating what happened before the arrest.
The video was filmed outside the ICE facility in South Portland, where protests have been taking place for several months. According to the post that shared the video, the woman who was detained is Indigenous, and the protest was linked to reports of a separate ICE incident on land belonging to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
The Bulletin and KTVZ said that ICE agents driving unmarked vehicles stopped on Warm Springs reservation land earlier this week. Tribal police spoke with the agents, who said they had stopped only to use the restroom while traveling through the area. The tribal government later confirmed that no tribal members were detained during that incident…