City of Portland upholds land use violation against ICE facility property owner

PORTLAND, Ore. — City of Portland officials have upheld a land use violation issued to the property owner of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the South Waterfront, giving him just over a month to correct violations before beginning to rack up monthly fees.

The city said Friday that Portland Permitting & Development upheld the violation in an administrative review decision.

Portland first issued the violation in September, in part due to public complaints that detainees were being kept at the facility for more than 12 hours, which violates a security plan included in the original 2011 land use review decision that allowed ICE to operate the facility…

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