Several hundred people gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland Sunday afternoon to protest the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to the city.
Federal agents armed with long-barrel firearms patrolled from nearby rooftops.
Families, including grandparents and children riding bikes, filled the streets alongside the longtime protesters clad in the “black bloc” style of ski masks and sunglasses who have been outside the Portland ICE building off and on for the past several months.
Chants and bucket drumming rang in the air during an afternoon demonstration that was raucous but largely free of confrontation.
Protesters gave speeches in front of the gates to the federal ICE building as a small number of federal agents paced b