Overview

• Federal officers used tear gas and pepper spray multiple times outside the South Portland ICE complex on Saturday, dispersing crowds during the evening hours.
• Portland police reported at least three arrests connected to the clashes, booking suspects on allegations including assault, harassment and a second-degree bias crime.
• An estimated crowd of roughly 40,000 rallied downtown earlier in the day before a few hundred gathered at the ICE site, where counter-protesters appeared and small fires were quickly doused by light rain.
• Oregon Democrats urged Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to withdraw federal agents, citing videos of tear gas used on peaceful protesters, injuries from unidentified projectiles and agents lacking clear identification.
• Trump’s Title 10 federalization of the Oregon National Guard remains under legal challenge, with troops authorized but not broadly deployed as the 9th Circuit considers limits.