Department of Homeland Security officers tackle a protestor at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and district attorneys of the state’s three-largest counties say they will start investigating and prosecuting federal immigration enforcement agents if they don’t stop using excessive force on Oregonians.
Rayfield and Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez, Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton and Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleged immigration officers have demonstrated a pattern of excessive force over the past six months on youth, peaceful protesters, Portland Police Bureau officers and Oregon State Police officers…