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Many Oregon GOP lawmakers silent as Trump seeks National Guard deployment to Portland
OPB emailed every Republican state lawmaker in Oregon on Monday to ask whether they support the deployment of National Guard members to the Rose City. Two responded.
Portland weighs taking over lease at ICE facility
The ramifications of the city taking over the federal facility lease were not immediately clear Wednesday.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives in Portland for Tuesday visit
The secretary arrived at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland just after noon Tuesday. Portland police officers had blocked off streets and cordoned off observers and protesters.
Portland’s weekend of ICE protests: Tear gas, National Guard restraining orders and false claims of a city burning to the ground
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.
Federal officers fire tear gas, make multiple arrests during protest outside Portland ICE facility
Hundreds of protesters marched to facility from nearby Elizabeth Caruthers Park in Southwest Portland.
Dueling narratives on Portland protests head to court in National Guard case
U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut will decide between the two sides’ contrasting portraits. On Friday, the judge will consider a narrow part of the larger case: whether to temporarily block the president from deploying the troops. However she rules, the broader lawsuit filed Sunday by the city and state will continue to move forward – albeit on a slower track.

Oregon US Attorney demands county records on parolees with violent convictions for immigration enforcement
Federal investigators said Portland-area counties are refusing to share information under Oregon’s sanctuary law.

Attorney General Bondi says 9 arrested on first day of federal crackdown in Memphis
Bondi added that she and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be visiting Memphis this week.
Hundreds protest at ICE building after Trump’s announcement of troop deployment to Portland
Chants and bucket drumming rang in the air during an afternoon demonstration that was raucous but largely free of confrontation.

As 10-year contract to run Tacoma ICE center ends, lawmakers demand transparency for the next
As the current contract with the private prison company GEO Group expires, lawmakers are pushing for transparency after years of human rights concerns at the facility.