Protesters converge on Portland ICE facility
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The demonstration came at the end of a week in which federal immigration officials said over 100 people had been detained in Maine.
Many of the demonstrators began marching down Congress Street around 6 p.m., chanting slogans like, “No justice, no peace, get ICE off our streets.”
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As President Donald Trump reaches the one-year mark of his second presidency, nearly 100 people gathered in downtown Portland to protest Trump’s policies. The protestors mainly focused on recent ICE enforcement,
The Portland City Council’s weekly meeting was temporarily shut down Wednesday night by protesters angry about what they see as councilors’ lack of sufficient pushback against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency,
Some locals say they are stepping up to advocate for and protect their neighbors.
There are so many more people coming into the movement right now and with that we have to figure out a way to direct that energy into something concrete,” says one organizer in Portland, Oregon.
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Protesters arrested after sit-in at South Portland ICE facility on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Multiple walkout events are happening across the state Tuesday as part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration.