‘I can taste the tear gas’: Living across the street from Portland’s ICE facility

Residents in the apartment building across from Portland’s ICE facility have found themselves in the middle of a confrontation they didn’t ask for. They say it’s not the protesters that are the problem.

Mindan Ocon tucks her 3-year-old daughter into bed to the sounds of shouting, loud music and blaring announcements outside her Southwest Portland apartment.

Across the street, in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, about 200 protesters gather to wave signs, shout at immigration officers and livestream what goes on…

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