At least nine protesters were arrested as authorities broke up part of the protest camp surrounding Southwest Portland's Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters early Thursday morning.

Federal authorities issued a brief statement saying, in part, that "federal law enforcement officers initiated a law enforcement action to reopen" the building, which is on Southwest Macadam Avenue.

Shortly after 6 a.m., dozens of officers, some in riot gear, were lined up on the streets and outside the building entrance. Macadam had been blocked by police vehicles.

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A pile of what appeared to be parts of the camp was in the street, and officials loaded much of it into a truck and hauled it off.

By 7:30 a.m., the camp immediately surrounding the headquarters had been torn down. But much of the camp on adjacent properties remained.

Dozens of protesters continued to mill around Southwest Bancroft Street and Moody Avenue. They heckled a line of officers blocking access to the headquarters, but no clashes were reported.

Also about 7:30 a.m., vehicles were seen entering the driveway to the building, which had been blocked by protesters for more than week. About 20 minutes later, traffic began to flow on Macadam, Moody and Bancroft, though the part of Bancroft directly in front of the headquarters remained blocked.

Protesters had torn down at least one wooden wall that had been erected at the camp and were taking down a second wall, parallel to Bancroft.

ICE officials raised the flag above the headquarters about 9:30 a.m., drawing jeers from the crowd.

Protesters have been posted up outside the building in a round-the-clock occupation for well more than a week.

Robert Sperling, Federal Protective Service spokesman, said U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents in riot gear were on scene clearing federal property to facilitate the reopening of the building.

DHS is currently clearing the front of the building, arresting the people who were chained up and threatening people with felony charges. We are here holding shit down and we’re not going anywhere. Arrest us today, we’ll grow stronger tomorrow! #OccupyICEPDX — Abolish I.C.E PDX (@OccupyICEPDX) June 28, 2018

Sperling said about 5:30 a.m. authorities warned protesters it was time to move off of the federal facility. He said officers then moved onto the property and cleared the part of the camp on federal property.

He said officers were holding the line between federal property and private property. He said officers would be there "for a while, and continue to maintain the security of this facility."

He said there were no violent confrontations and that the action was "very calm."

Sperling said he didn't know the specific charges those who were arrested face.

According to a government source who was not authorized to speak to the media, all of the arrested protesters were brought to federal court, cited and released.

Sperling said the goal of Thursday's action was to provide access to the ICE building. Once that was accomplished, he said there were no plans to completely clear the encampment from the surrounding area.

When asked what would happen if protesters move back onto the property, Sperling replied: "We will be here for as long as we need to be."

Roberta Altstadt, spokeswoman for TriMet, which owns and leases out much of the property near the ICE headquarters, said the agency is "checking with property partners" after the Thursday morning action.

Yellow police tape separated a woman wrapped in a blue cardigan, who preferred to only go by her first name, Jean, from the police lined up about 2 feet in front of her. The 78-year-old Portland woman sat in a plastic chair knitting a red hat for charity.

"It's a matter of patriotic duty to be here and resist the evil that is ICE," said Jean, who took the bus to the ICE facility like she does every Thursday to participate in meditation walks. But this time when she was greeted by a different scene, she decided to join in.

The sign on her lap read "refugees welcome." Jean said she comes from a family with three generations in the military.

"A police state is not what they served their country for," she said.

Bob, 51, who prefers to only be identified by his first name, spent that past week camped out with other occupiers. "I swore to defend this Constitution against foreign and domestic terrorists," says Bob, who said he served in the Army during Desert Storm.

Bob, 51, who prefers to only be identified by his first name, briefly left the occupation site this morning. When he came back, his tent and belongings were gone and so were those of the three other veterans who had occupied the space directly in front of the facility's main gate with him. One of those veterans, he said, was among at least nine arrested Thursday.

"I swore to defend this Constitution against foreign and domestic terrorists," Bob said when asked why he'd chosen to spend that past week camped out with other occupiers.

Bob, who said he served in the Army during Desert Storm, said he's willing to take a bullet for the cause.

"The Constitution is not even worth toilet paper," said Bob, who added that he has been homeless by choice for the past seven years as he travels around the country writing about homeless services.

— Jim Ryan

Anna Spoerre and Kale Williams of The Oregonian/OregonLive staff contributed to this report</s>More than a week after protesters forced the closure of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Portland, federal officers in riot gear moved in on the demonstrators Thursday in an attempt to reopen the facility.

The Occupy ICE PDX protest started early last week, as demonstrators set up camp along the building and blocked the entrance. They were protesting the Trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy which triggered separations of undocumented families apprehended while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

After issuing several notices reminding the protesters they were breaking the law by blocking the entrance to the building and ordering them to vacate, federal officers made their move early Thursday morning.

"At approximately 5:30 a.m. today, federal law enforcement officers initiated a law enforcement action to reopen the federal facility at 4310 SW Macadam Avenue in Portland," Federal Protective Service spokesman Robert Sperling said in a statement.

According to KGW News, federal officers only took action to clear the entrance so the facility could be reopened. Many protesters camped along the side of the building were left alone. Still, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told KATU News that several protesters were arrested.

The demonstrators, who successfully shut down the facility on June 20, have previously said they have no intention of leaving. "This group here is ready to move forward and continue doing what we need to do to make sure we abolish ICE," said Danialle James, a member of the Occupy ICE PDX movement.

Several hundred people were involved in the protest, some of whom carried signs that said things like "Refugees Welcome" and "Abolish ICE."

The protest outside ICE headquarters in Portland has sparked similar demonstrations in other major cities across the nation.

Outside ICE's office in Detroit, for example, demonstrators gathered on Monday with signs, tents, and folding chairs. According to an ICE spokesperson, the protest caused normal operations to be "briefly disrupted." In Los Angeles, protesters set up camp outside an ICE facility on Saturday, and in New York on Monday, protesters forced the cancellation of all hearings at an ICE processing center.

However, the Occupy ICE movement has attracted the ire of at least one Republican lawmaker. In a Sunday tweet, Rep. Steve King (R–Iowa) suggested that the protests could serve as a lead-up to civil war.

"America is heading in the direction of another Harpers Ferry. After that comes Ft. Sumter," King wrote, referring to the 1859 attack that served as a precursor to the Civil War.</s>On the KGW app? Tap to view photos, video

PORTLAND, Ore. – As federal police crack down on a protest at an unassuming immigration office in Southwest Portland grows, the encampment is gaining national attention as a fevered example of the clash between the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and critics who say the president’s policies are inhumane.

This is what we know about the protest, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, and the sweep of arrests that took place a week after protesters shut down the ICE facility.

The Occupy ICE PDX protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility began on Tuesday, June 19. On Wednesday, ICE closed the office on Southwest Macadam Avenue amid security concerns, as protesters blocked employees from leaving the parking lots. The office remains closed as of Thursday, June 28.

What began as a small protest last week has grown to include tent camps, makeshift gathering spaces, and signs pasted on metal fencing and windows at the federal building.

On Monday, the U.S. Attorney for Oregon gave individual protesters notices to vacate the property, and threatened to arrest anyone who continued to block entrances and driveways.

In turn, protesters called for more people to join them.

Early Thursday morning, federal police cleared entrances to the ICE building and arrested nine protesters. ICE officers remained at the scene, dressed in riot gear.

Dozens of activists remained at the protest, and police and protesters faced off, separated by a yellow line of police tape.

Occupy ICE PDX is primarily made up of Portland-area activists. The group is demonstrating against Trump’s immigration policies and ICE, the federal immigration enforcement agency that carries out the policies.

The Occupy ICE movement takes its name from the Occupy Wall Street protests that erupted in New York during the financial recession in 2011. The Occupy Wall Street movement quickly spread to cities nationwide, with protesters shortening their monikers to just "Occupy," followed by the city name.

Now, Occupy ICE PDX members hope their efforts will also inspire others around the country. Occupy ICE PDX was the first protest group to effectively shutter an ICE office last week. Organizers are calling for protesters elsewhere to follow their lead. The goal, they say, is to shut down ICE permanently.

“We are organized, we are ready, we are here to stay until ICE is abolished,” Occupy ICE PDX said on its Facebook page.

The movement has spread. Protesters in Detroit, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and New York have started Occupy ICE protests.

In April, the Trump administration began separating many families of undocumented immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of its “zero-tolerance” policy, delivering on Trump’s promise to ramp up efforts to stop illegal immigration.

The administration started criminally prosecuting every undocumented immigrant who crossed the border illegally, and detaining some asylum seekers even though seeking asylum at the border is not a crime.

Federal law does not allow children to be detained in restrictive detention facilities for long periods of time, so the children were taken from their families and sent to separate facilities.

More than 2,300 children were separated from their families during a two-month period, according to federal reports, before Trump signed an executive order halting his administration’s policy of family separation. The president remains committed to the immigration crackdown, however, and many of the children who were taken from their families remain separated and in federal custody.

The immigration policies are enforced by ICE, a federal agency that was created in 2002 with the intent of protecting national security and public safety following the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

The president said cracking down on immigration at the border keeps Americans safe. The policies are popular among many of the president’s supporters.

“We cannot allow all of these people to invade our country,” he tweeted. “When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no judges or court cases, bring them back from where they came.”

Occupy ICE PDX is calling for reunification for all families who were separated under the zero-tolerance policy, and the dissolution of ICE as a federal agency.

What happens at the ICE facility in Portland?

The ICE facility on Southwest Macadam Avenue is a holding facility. Immigrants who are detained in the Portland area are held at the facility before being transported to other longer-term facilities, such as ICE’s Tacoma Northwest Detention Center, which has capacity for 1,575 detainees.

Detainees are usually held at the Portland facility for less than a day, according to TRAC Immigration.

Are there immigration detainees in Oregon?

Yes. The NORCOR county jail in The Dalles and the Josephine County Jail in southern Oregon have contracted with ICE to hold immigration detainees for federal agents. ICE has a federal facility in Tacoma, Wash. The agency said it utilizes the Oregon jails to help with overflow.

Springfield also had a contract with ICE to hold a handful of detainees. Springfield ended that contract on Monday, June 25.

What we know about the Oregon jail that holds ICE detainees

A federal prison in Sheridan, Ore. is also currently holding immigration detainees, including 123 men who were detained after seeking asylum. The detainees said they had been denied access to lawyers and clergy. On Monday, a judge ordered the prison to provide access to attorneys.

Undocumented children, including at least four kids who were separated from their parents, are also in the Portland area. Three shelter facilities, all run by the nonprofit Morrison Child and Family Services, are holding undocumented kids.</s>Federal law enforcement officers on Thursday morning began removing some protesters encamped outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Oregon’s largest city, officials said, more than a week after the demonstrations forced the Portland facility to close temporarily.

Officers moved in on the encampment of Occupy ICE PDX demonstrators at about 5:30 a.m. PT, the US attorney’s office in Oregon said. Officials hope to reopen the facility early next week for the first time since June 20, Federal Protective Service spokesman Robert Sperling said.

An unspecified number of protesters were taken into custody as federal law enforcement personnel cleared a path that includes the facility’s driveway and front door, Sperling said.

Officers in riot gear stood shoulder-to-shoulder, protecting the path to the entrance, video from CNN affiliate KPTV shows. Protesters remained in the area, with some approaching the officers intermittently, talking with them or appearing to record them with cell phone cameras.

In a tweet Thursday, Occupy ICE PDX — PDX is the code for Portland’s main airport — acknowledged officers were clearing people from in front of the building but said protesters “aren’t going anywhere.”

Last week, ICE temporarily closed its Portland field offices after demonstrators had pitched tents in front of the facility to protest the Trump administration’s policy to criminally prosecute anyone who crosses the border illegally. The policy led to hundreds of children being separated from their parents.

Amid criticism, President Donald Trump on June 20 signed an executive order to stop the practice of separating families. Hundreds of families still have not been reunited.

On Monday, officers with the Federal Protective Service distributed notices to the Portland demonstrators, ordering them to vacate the property. The US attorney for Oregon said it’s illegal to obstruct entrances, lobbies, offices and parking lots of federal buildings, like the one in southwest Portland.

Occupy ICE movements have popped up in various cities, including New York City, Los Angeles and Detroit, in opposition to the immigration policies.</s>Federal police in riot gear arrested at least eight demonstrators Thursday and dismantled a makeshift camp on the grounds of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland.

Demonstrators from Occupy ICE PDX took over part of the grounds eight days ago to protest the separation of families on the U.S.-Mexican border under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security police stood shoulder-to-shoulder across the entryway to the grounds while other officers dismantled and removed the makeshift camp, protest signs and barriers of wooden crates.

A few dozen protesters walked along in front of the line of police shouting slogans at the officers. "No justice, no peace, no racist police," one group chanted. Others screamed profanities at the officers.

At least eight people were arrested, according to KOIN-TV.

Police began putting pressure on the protesters Monday by distributing fliers warning the occupation of the ICE property was illegal and violators could be arrested. The takeover forced ICE to shut down operations at the building.

Although the office was closed, people still showed up for their scheduled appointments, KOIN-TV reports. Some of them told KOIN reporters they were never notified the facility temporarily shut down.

A spokesman for Federal Protective Services said the goal of Thursday's action was to provide access to the ICE building, according to OregonLive. Once that was finished, he said, there were no plans to completely clear the encampment from the surrounding area.

Meanwhile, a group of activists gathered at City Hall to demand that city council not cooperate with ICE and not use police against the protesters.

At an informal council session Wednesday morning, Portland city commissioner Amanda Fritz sided with protesters, saying, "ICE is stupid."

"It's not reasonable, compassionate or enforceable," she said, according to KGW. "So, that's the underlying problem. And Congress needs to change the immigration laws, so that people can be with their families."

A second commissioner, Chloe Eudaly, has called for the abolition of ICE or at least revoking its use of a building in Portland.</s>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials Monday ordered protesters to end their round-the-clock occupation of property outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland, Oregon.

Law enforcement officers began distributing notices to vacate late Monday morning. The several hundred protesters have so far ignored the demand.

"We acknowledge the community's concerns driving these demonstrations. While demonstrators have a lawful right to assemble and voice their concerns, blocking the building's driveways or entrances is not permitted under federal law," U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy Williams said in a statement.

The group rallying under the moniker Occupy ICE PDX wants to abolish ICE and end the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy in which all unlawful border crossings are referred for prosecution.

Occupy ICE PDX last week called for similar occupations throughout the country, and demonstrators have responded in places such as New York, Los Angeles and Detroit.

Earlier Monday, federal law enforcement officers entered the Portland's ICE headquarters to secure government property ahead of the vacate notice.

The action taken at 3:30 a.m., when many protesters were in their tents, was a precautionary move to protect information and equipment, said Rob Sperling, spokesman for Federal Protective Service, which is responsible for protecting federal buildings.

The protesters did not try to thwart officers. "This morning's entry was peaceful and smooth," Sperling said.

Portland's ICE headquarters has been the site of an occupation since June 17. The occupation grew in size early last week, and the building has been closed since Wednesday. There's no indication that protesters have gone inside the facility, Sperling said.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has said police in this sanctuary city won't help federal officers evict any protesters.

Carissa Cutrell, an ICE spokeswoman, said last week that people who had appointments scheduled at the office will be contacted by deportation officers to have their meetings rescheduled. The appointments will not be reported as missed check-ins.

Cutrell declined to say how many people work at the Portland office, or if they have been working from home since it was closed because of security concerns.</s>PORTLAND, Ore. — Nine people were arrested Thursday morning after federal officers in riot gear moved in to clear the entrance to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Southwest Portland.

The ICE facility has been closed since Wednesday, June 20 after the protest group, calling themselves Occupy ICE PDX, set up camp with the goal of shutting down the immigration enforcement agency.

Seven protesters were charged with failing to comply with directions given by law enforcement officers, and blocking the building's entrances. The charges are Class C misdemeanors and the protesters were released, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oregon.

An eighth protester was detained on a state charge of interfering with a peace officer and remains at the Multnomah County Detention Center.

A ninth person was detained after he drove his black SUV near a police line and federal agents saw what appeared to be two rifles in the backseat.

"Three airsoft guns were found in the vehicle. The individual was later released without being charged," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

"At approximately 5:30 a.m. today, federal law enforcement officers initiated a law enforcement action to reopen the federal facility at 4310 SW Macadam Avenue in Portland," Federal Protective Service spokesman Robert Sperling said in a prepared statement.

Officers cleared the entrance to the building and arrested eight people who were taken to the federal courthouse in downtown Portland. A ninth was taken into custody later in the morning.

Activists said they are represented by the National Lawyers Guild.

Sperling described the sweep of the entrance as peaceful.

Police took no action against those who set up a camp alongside the building. Sperling said those outside ICE property would not be removed, and police would not interact with them.

"We don't want to impede their freedom of speech," he said.

He said to expect a federal police presence around the ICE building "for the foreseeable future," and that the next step was for the facility to reopen for "business as usual" sometime next week.

As officers cleared the entrance Thursday morning, truckloads of tents, boards, even a couch, were hauled away from the entrance.

TriMet announced that there would be no service at stops on Southwest Moody, River Parkway, Macadam and Boundary during this incident.

Mayor Ted Wheeler, who also serves as police commissioner, has declined to provide assistance from the Portland Police Bureau to Department of Homeland Security during the siege.

Social media posts on Thursday morning showed Portland police vehicles blocking traffic near the protest. The Portland Police Bureau said that action was in order to identify alternative routes for drivers.

"In line with the Mayor and Police Commissioner’s directions, the Police Bureau was not involved in the Federal Protective Services (FPS) actions as it related to Occupy ICE PDX," said PPB Sgt. Chris Burley. "Portland Police Bureau officers recognized the need to assist motorists in identifying alternative routes around road closures due to actions related to Occupy ICE PDX."

"As of approximately 8:10 a.m., the Portland Police Bureau is no longer providing traffic control and other agencies have taken over diverting traffic," Burley said.

Sperling said the two police agencies continue a cooperative relationship and that Portland police were made aware of the action Thursday morning.

Activist Jacob Bureros was at the camp when police arrived. He said Portland police officers were there assisting federal police.

A protest camp coordinator, Lillith Sinclair, told KGW that Homeland Security officers "have been playing mind games" for several days. Bureros described it as "frat boys" behavior.

Sinclair and Bureros both said cardboard cutouts of officers were placed in the ICE building windows to make it appear their presence was larger. Homeland Security played officers played loud music at night to keep protesters awake. One officer walked around with an eagle mask on his head.

They specifically blared Metallica's "Enter Sandman," a song about nightmares and lack of sleep.

Bureros and activist Danialle James said two plain-clothes DHS officers came into the camp early Thursday morning as federal police began to clear the front entrance of the ICE building. The activists allege that DHS officers stole cellphones from a charging station, including one owned by James.

Before the Thursday morning sweep, notices that outlined which trespassing laws protesters were violating were handed out and posted for three consecutive days. The flyers did not give notice of Thursday's evacuation.

Sinclair said that since Portland is a sanctuary city, ICE is the agency who is violating the law. Her group, Occupy ICE PDX, wants ICE removed from Oregon and abolished in its entirety as a federal agency.

"It's become a crime to help a human being," James told KGW.

Bureros said ICE has "created a false narrative" about the encampment keeping them from performing their duties. Much of the administrative work is done in a separate building.

"They just want their jail back," he said.

Spokesman Sperling of the Federal Protective Service declined to comment on the overall message of the protesters.

"Everyone is entitled to their opinion," he said.

The Occupy ICE PDX protest is in its second week. Thursday marked the ninth day the Portland ICE holding facility has been closed because of the protests.

NORCOR jail in the Dalles still housing detainees as 2 other jails end ICE contracts</s>PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on the occupation outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland (all times local):

Demonstrators occupying federal property outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland have been told to leave.

U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy Williams says protesters have a lawful right to assemble, but are not allowed to block driveways or entrances.

The Occupy ICE PDX protest seeks to abolish ICE and end the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy on immigration.

The round-the-clock demonstration outside Portland headquarters began June 17. It increased in size early last week, prompting officials to close the facility.

A team of federal law enforcement officers entered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland to secure government property as protesters continued a demonstration against Trump administration immigration policies.

Federal Protective Service spokesman Rob Sperling says officers entered the building at 3:30 a.m. Monday. Protesters did not try to stop them.

Sperling says it's a precautionary move, and there's no indication that activists camped outside the facility have entered it.

Portland's ICE headquarters has been the site of a round-the-clock protest since June 17. The occupation grew in size early last week and the building has been closed since Wednesday.

Sperling says there's no timeframe for when employees will return.</s>Federal law enforcement officers have begun removing protesters encamped outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Oregon's largest city, officials said Thursday morning, more than a week after the demonstrations forced the Portland facility to close temporarily.

Officers moved in on the encampment of Occupy ICE PDX demonstrators at about 5:30 a.m. PT, the US attorney's office in Oregon said. Officials hope to reopen the facility early next week for the first time since June 20, Federal Protective Service spokesman Robert Sperling said.

An unspecified number of protesters were taken into custody as federal law enforcement personnel cleared a path that includes the facility's driveway and front door, Sperling said.

Officers in riot gear stood shoulder-to-shoulder near the facility, video from CNN affiliate KPTV shows . People who appeared to be demonstrators approached the officers intermittently, talking with them or appearing to record them with cell phone cameras.

Last week, ICE temporarily closed its Portland field offices after demonstrators had pitched tents in front of the facility to protest the Trump administration's policy to criminally prosecute anyone who crosses the border illegally. The policy led to hundreds of children being separated from their parents.

President Donald Trump on June 20 signed an executive order to stop the practice of separating families. Hundreds of families still have not been reunited. On Monday, officers with the Federal Protective Service distributed notices to the Portland demonstrators, ordering them to vacate the property. The US attorney for Oregon said it's illegal to obstruct entrances, lobbies, offices and parking lots of federal buildings, like the one in southwest Portland.</s>PORTLAND, Ore. (June 28, 2018) — Twelve days into their occupation, protesters encamped outside of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Portland, Oregon, show no signs of leaving soon.

Despite threats from federal officials earlier this week that the protesters could be arrested at any time, as many as 100 people have established tents in the makeshift encampment. The ICE facility has remained shuttered since last week.

Speaking at the camp, Luis Marquez, who has been part of the occupation since its second day, said he was disturbed by news of family separations at the southern border.

“I’m of Salvadoran ancestry, and I’ve detested American foreign policy toward Central America for as long as I can remember,” Marquez said. “But that aside, what brought me here was seeing babies ripped from their families who were just trying to come for a better life.”

A call to abolish ICE is among the protesters’ demands. Since Occupy ICE Portland began last week, protesters in New York City, Detroit, San Diego and other cities have also joined, marching and camping in front of immigration facilities and even halting hearings. The agency did not respond to a request for comment on these protests.

Last Friday, protesters gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. Six days later, 12 to 18 people are still there, set up near the cells and blocking a driveway used by vehicles that take detainees into and out of the center.

Timothy Hayes with Ground Game Los Angeles, which is organizing the occupation, said he too was spurred into action by the Trump administration’s family separation policy. He said another spark for any activists is the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville last year that left one person dead.

“That has really lit a fire under a lot of people to be more directly confrontational and to not be so accepting of stuff that, sort of, we let slide earlier,” Hayes said. “There’s a lot of people I know that were Obama and Hillary voters who would have never thought, ‘abolish ICE,’ a couple of years ago or even a year ago. Now they’re really, really thinking it because they see how evil these tools can be.”

This sentiment is growing even among politicians. At least four members of Congress and 17 candidates running for office say the government should disband the agency. And this week, Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin announced he would introduce legislation to shut it down.

Marquez said he’s heartened by the other “occupy” movements across the country and is committed to staying until the Portland facility is shut down.

“I can’t even watch the news anymore when I go home for the few hours I’m home because it’s crying babies,” he said. “I don’t know how people across this country can watch their nightly news and hear these stories and continue on like business as usual.”
Police arrest at least nine protesters at an Occupy ICE demonstration in Portland, Oregon.