What started as a two-tent campout on the trolley tracks outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland has turned into a small village. Demonstrators have occupied the space surrounding the ICE facility for nearly a week in protest of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy that has led to family separations at the southern U.S. border.
A large rally is planned at the camp for Sunday (June 24, 2018) afternoon with upwards of 1,000 people, including some Oregon state lawmakers, expected to attend. Protesters’ top priority, they say, is shutting down the ICE operation in Portland. (Oregon Public Broadcasting, June 23, 2018)
According to 'The Hill' (June 23, 2018) "Protesters are occupying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities across the country, inspired by a Portland protest that resulted in the indefinite shutdown of an ICE detention center on Wednesday. "Occupy ICE" protesters are blocking the loading dock of ICE headquarters in New York, have set up tents in front of an ICE facility in Los Angeles and are gathered outside of a detention center in Washington state."
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