Overview

• Hundreds rallied Sunday from Elizabeth Caruthers Park in a PDXCD-led march calling for the abolition of ICE and the dropping of protest-related charges.
• Federal agents detained multiple people outside the downtown ICE facility during the demonstration, while Portland police reported no arrests that day and cite 49 arrests in the area since June.
• A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s plan to deploy the Oregon National Guard, and the Ninth Circuit later allowed the process to federalize the Guard but left the deployment ban in place.
• Oregon and California have filed lawsuits challenging attempts to use their National Guard units to secure the Portland ICE facility.
• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has signaled plans to expand the federal enforcement footprint in Portland, including purchasing additional properties for ICE and related agencies.