ICE Faces Ongoing Protests in Portland as Judge Blocks National Guard Deployment

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….