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A violent mob of protesters breached a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night, injuring four federal officers, according to authorities.
Trump sent federal officers into Portland to quell riots five years ago. A tired city — watching events in LA — hopes it won’t happen again.
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.
Top Portland and Multnomah County leaders, law enforcement officials and several community leaders stood together Friday in advance of large planned protests to decry the immigration policies of the federal administration and affirm the laws in place to protect immigrants.
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A few hundred protesters gathered in Freeport as the morning began, while larger demonstrations are expected later in Portland, Augusta, Lewiston-Auburn and elsewhere.
Protesters filled streets in hundreds of cities across the US to oppose President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday, as he held a military parade in Washington.