Federal Agents Leave Access to ICE Offices in Portland

Federal agents expelled a group of protesters who blocked access to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Portland, Oregon, and arrested eight activists since the middle of the month .

Robert Sperling, spokesman of the Federal Protection Service, confirmed to Efe the arrest, but did not specify the charges that protesters will face.

By mid-morning authorities were checking access to the federal building, but most protesters were still protesting.

Activist Lilith Sinclair told Efe in a statement that the group would remain "in combat and in the place". "We have not defined how long we will be here, but ICE should start taking us seriously," Sinclair said.

At least 30 tents remain this afternoon around the ICE building in Portland and about fifty protesters continue to scream. from Oregon. "

Nearly 300 protesters, including children, began demonstrating on June 16 to demand that the Trump government abandon its policy of separating families and abide by the regulations that allow immigrants

Their encampment protest has forced the closure of the facilities since June 20.

Occupy ICE PDX group, organizer of the event, has managed to bring together several organizations and defenders, the rights of immigrants, it has also managed to paralyze the work of the Federal agency for more than a week, closing facilities and blocking access.

Mayor of Portland Ted Wheeler, who said that the city police would would not intervene,

The Oregon Attorney General's Office said Monday that "federal law prohibits the clogging of entrances, halls, corridors, offices and / or parking lots. federal facilities "., as indicated by the eviction order, which warns that anyone who persists in the blockade of the facilities will be" arrested and tried in federal court. "

However, the protesters decided to peacefully challenge the warning and stayed in the tents installed at the entrance of the building.

More than fifty federal agents were used in the deportation actions.

As was known today, in Los Angeles and San Diego, California, activists are preparing to take similar protest action this weekend.