Portland, Protests
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Recent warnings about ICE agents conducting widespread action in Portland and Lewiston drew a crowd of around 200 people at Monument Square.
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Outrage, quiet and loud, echoes across Portland as protests against Border Patrol shooting continue
Filled with quiet outrage, a stream of about 125 protesters — some carrying flowers or battery-lit candles — silently marched several blocks Friday evening to the Southeast Portland parking lot where two Venezuelan nationals were shot and wounded during a Border Patrol stop on Thursday.
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More than 100 people protest outside Portland ICE facility, two arrests made
About 100-150 people were seen gathering outside the Portland ICE facility around 10 p.m. Saturday night after other protests were held around the Rose City throughout the day. Portland police officers,
Hundreds of Oregonians turned out across Portland and in Salem to protest against federal agents shooting people in Portland and Minneapolis, as well as U.S. military action in Venezuela. Several groups quickly organized Saturday’s events after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed an unarmed woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis,
Indivisible Greater Portland hosts weekly general protests, and the group responded by advocating against an increased ICE presence in Maine. "We understand that ICE is on their way to Maine, to Portland, to Lewiston, and we are sending a message that they are not welcome here," Jacob Ellis, an organizer with the group, said.
Residents have marched in protest over a planned waste incinerator near Dorset's Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. It followed a meeting on Thursday at Portland Social Club, where more than 100 people from Weymouth and Portland vowed to continue fighting the proposal over air pollution and traffic concerns.
The man in black rode his dapple gray horse to the gate of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, a large Mexican flag waving behind his back. “I’m not going nowhere,” the man bellowed toward the government agents assembled at the South Portland ICE facility on Oct.
Former Acting DHS Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli discusses Portland protests tied to alleged gang members and reviews new video from the Minneapolis ICE shooting.
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