PORTLAND, Ore. — Leaders from the city of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon's congressional delegation and multiple other groups met for an impromptu press conference Friday night to address an apparent federal law enforcement surge in the city.

Mayor Keith Wilson said city officials were aware of an influx of federal officers at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on the South Waterfront, and made mention of armored vehicles.

The federal officers did not come at any request from the city, he said, nor with any clear "precedent or purpose." He and other leaders called it an overreach and an attempt to sow chaos in the city.

"This federal mobilization is a distraction," Wilson said. "This may be a show of force, but that's all it is — a big show."

Around 7:30 p.m., a KGW

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