PORTLAND, Ore.—Hundreds of protesters lined the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices Friday evening, chanting anti-ICE slogans and shouting threats as federal agents watched from behind a metal gate.
“That overhang would be great to hang you all,” a woman clad in black said through a loudspeaker, while pointing her finger at the building. “We could fit twelve of you on each side … now that would be efficient.
President Donald Trump’s attempts to send the National Guard to the area have been blocked by a federal judge after the states of Oregon and California and the city of Portland brought a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to block the deployment. As the legal wrangling continues, the deployment of national guardsmen is on hold as protests persist….