Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The stop to Portland follows an effort by the Trump administration to portray the city as chaotic and in need of federal troops.

An unprecedented weekend put Portland at the center of national headlines, as President Trump continued his push to deploy National Guard members into the city over the objections of city and state elected officials and a federal judge.

President Donald Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge blocked the administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom pledged Sunday to fight the move in court.

Several hundred people gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland Sunday afternoon to protest the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to the city.

Oregon U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Springfield, said she visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office at the Federal Building in Eugene Thursday.

The Oregon Democrat faced many questions about Israel, but also talked about ICE and the Trump administration.

Federal law enforcement officers pepper-sprayed and detained several anti-ICE protestors Tuesday night at the federal building in Eugene.

Immigration enforcement agents took a man into custody outside a Newport motel Wednesday morning in a highly public arrest that sent fear through many workers who staff local lodging and restaurant jobs.

Concerns about possible deportation are top of mind as the state's roughly half million stu8dents return to school.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is among the Democratic lawmakers pushing legislation to prohibit law enforcement officers from hiding their identities.

According to immigration advocates, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining immigrants and blocking attorneys from contacting their clients at their Eugene office.

Hundreds gathered Wednesday evening to protest recent actions by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.