Current demonstrations involve dozens of protesters compared to the mass protests following George Floyd's death in 2020.

Mayor Keith Wilson opposes President Donald Trump's troop deployment to protect Portland's ICE facility amid ongoing protests and federal tensions.

Protesters gathered at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland hours after President Donald Trump said he would send federal troops to “protect” the city from what

President Donald Trump directs Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to deploy troops to protect ICE facilities in Portland from Antifa and domestic terror threats.

A Portland Police Bureau assistant chief said in court recently that federal police were “instigating” some of the clashes between officers and protesters outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland.

The ICE facility violated its land use more than two dozen times between Oct. 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025, according to the city.

Reports of a ramp-up in federal officers in Portland on Friday prompted local officials to quickly urge residents: Don’t react.

The ragtag demonstration, spurred by Trump’s actions in Los Angeles and arrests at Portland’s federal immigration court in early June, has largely subsided into a simmering but stable occupation of sorts in a quiet area south of downtown that also features apartment buildings, a Tesla dealership and a ballet school.