PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — As protests continue outside of the ICE facility in South Portland, area residents and local leaders are pleading for federal agents to stop using chemical weapons.
Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Congress members Suzanne Bonamici, Maxine Dexter, and Janelle Bynum co-signed a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday expressing their concerns over the deployment of tear gas and other munitions, and urging Noem to withdraw federal agents that have been deployed.
KATU crews have witnessed the deployment of tear gas, pepper balls, and other chemical crowd control munitions numerous times over the past few weeks…