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ICE’s Portland Cart Video Goes Viral as Protests and Arrests Intensify in Chicago Suburbs

DHS leaders publicly defended the operations, faulting sanctuary policies for confrontations.

Overview

  • ICE posted an Oct. 5 video on X showing a restrained person in Portland being wheeled on a flatbed cart to Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’,” which Fox News said had over three million impressions by late afternoon.
  • At Broadview near Chicago, federal agents arrested more than a dozen protesters and fired pepper balls, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds, Fox News reported.
  • DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said officers were attacked in Illinois suburbs and accused state and city leaders of fostering resistance to ICE.
  • Authorities said ICE officers were targeted by people using vehicles as weapons in incidents in Norridge and Bensenville.
  • In Portland, protesters rallied outside an ICE facility as a federal judge issued temporary restraining orders blocking National Guard deployment to the city, according to the Mirror.