PORTLAND, Ore. — Since a whirlwind visit from U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday , the city of Portland has taken steps to clear the entrance to the South Waterfront Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at the center of nightly protests.

At the same time, Mayor Keith Wilson signaled that he won't capitulate to the administration's demands that the city block off a wide buffer area around the facility or create mandated "free speech zones" for protesters.

"You have requested that federal officers be able to ingress and egress from the (ICE) facility without hindrance," Wilson's office said in a letter to James Percival, DHS general counsel. "The Mayor and our local public safety professionals will continue to evaluate the situation on the groun

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