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Mayor Keith Wilson says Portland saw 50,000 protesters march peacefully while a separate group damaged an ICE facility, injuring 3 officers.
In a statement responding to Saturday protests, Mayor Keith Wilson pledged that Portland police will uphold the law in the city, but will “not be used as agents of ICE.”
Tens of thousands of Portlanders marched across the Willamette River this afternoon in a show of numbers aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and mocking his birthday celebration.
Federal officers used tear gas and crowd-control munitions as tensions escalated. By late evening, Portland police said the situation had stabilized.
A protest outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Oregon has been declared a riot by the Portland Police Bureau.