Overview

• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made a day-of-notified visit to Portland’s ICE site and met Governor Tina Kotek at the airport.
• Kotek said she urged DHS and ICE to follow Oregon rules that restrict crowd-control weapons, including limits on tear gas in residential areas.
• Portland Police said they would provide routine dignitary protection but would not participate in federal immigration enforcement.
• Noem said her goal was to secure partnerships to keep officers safe and to ensure enforcement of federal law.
• Sen. Rod Wyden accused Noem of being sent to provoke violence as legal fights continue over federalized Guard deployments, with a Ninth Circuit hearing set for Thursday and Kotek moving to demobilize troops.