City leaders call ICE force near Portland school “unjustified”

Local leaders are condemning a dramatic U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest in North Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood last week, after a video showed agents firing pepper balls during morning school drop-off time.

The big picture: Mayor Keith Wilson and the three city councilors representing District 2 issued a joint statement Tuesday calling the incident “unnecessary, unjustified, and potentially unconstitutional.”…

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