Federal police wait inside the gate of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center south of downtown Portland during protests on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2025. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt)
Lawyers for the state of Oregon allege federal attorneys severely mischaracterized the number of federal police officers sent at any given time to Portland over the summer, and that the error undercuts the federal government’s argument for deploying National Guard troops to the city.
Federal lawyers have said that a “surge” of 115 federal police were sent to work 24/7 since June to protect a Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility from what Trump administration officials have tried to characterize as chaos and violence by protestors at the building…