Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez says he will pursue charges against 10 people arrested Thursday night outside the South Portland headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as anyone else who damages federal property.
“My team is reviewing every case that’s coming in,” Vasquez tells WW. “And if we can prosecute it, we will.”
The 10 were arraigned Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court on charges stemming from a protest encampment that has grown around the ICE Building on the South Waterfront in response to the Portland courthouse arrests of four asylum seekers. Portland police arrested people shortly before midnight on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to felony arson…