PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement office just outside downtown Portland is once again becoming a flashpoint for protesters against US immigration enforcement actions.
On Monday night — Labor Day — the protests included and encounter between ICE agents and protesters who want ICE out of Portland. They clashed in the street and on the sidewalk outside the building along Southwest Bancroft. Protesters set up a mock guillotine and started a fire.
Federal agents were heard warning the crowd to leave the restricted area or face detention, arrest or chemical weapons. And at one point, ICE officers deployed chemical munitions.
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Faced with the strong possibility federal troops could arrive in Portland — much as they have in Los Angeles and Washington DC — to crack down on immigration and protests, Mayor Keith Wilson said Oregon is ready…