Overview

• The Ninth Circuit is weighing the administration’s appeal after U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut twice restrained attempts to send federalized National Guard troops to Portland.
• Hundreds participated in a hastily organized World Naked Bike Ride from the Oregon Convention Center to the South Waterfront ICE facility to oppose what organizers call militarization.
• Federal officers watched from rooftops, directed crowds to remain on sidewalks, and fired pepper balls around 5 p.m., with tear gas and pepper rounds used during earlier clashes in recent days.
• Organizers and allied groups framed the action as peaceful and aimed at highlighting harms to immigrant and Indigenous communities, using Portland’s trademark theatrical protest style.
• Regional officials released a cheeky video urging respectful conduct, and demonstrations at the ICE site are continuing as the appellate ruling could define limits on federalized Guard authority.