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Graffiti is seen outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday it will issue a land use violation notice to the city's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, accusing the facility of detaining people beyond the limits of what its land use approval allows.

The building's conditional land use approval, in place since 2011, does not allow people to be kept overnight or held for more than 12 hours. The city alleges that this provision was violated 25 times over the 10-month period from last October through most of this July.

“U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement made clear det

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