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Updated at 12:35
On Monday, law enforcement officers warned protesters in front of the Portland Immigration and Customs headquarters that they had to start evacuating federal property.
"It is illegal under federal law to obstruct entrances, halls, halls, corridors, offices and / or car parks of federal facilities", reads in the flyers of the Federal Protection Service agents distributed to protesters who have blocked the installation of southwestern Macadam Avenue. the week.
Those who obstruct the entrance to the building, according to the leaflet, risk arrest and prosecution in federal court. However, officials acknowledged that they had no authority over adjacent properties belonging to other entities.
Activists have led a 24-hour occupation against the crackdown on immigration by the Trump administration, including its policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the US border.
The camp abandonment order comes hours after federal law enforcement officers entered the CIE building in the middle of the night to "secure government property," a statement said. to the media just after 3:30 in the morning.
It may also lead to a confrontation between the federal authorities and a band of unshakeable activists whose week-long demonstration made headlines in the national newspapers and inspired other demonstrations outside the CIE facilities across the country. the country.
The scene was rather calm late Monday morning: some protesters were sitting around them, others were taking their tents and some were holding placards in the street. A few dozen people were present.
Last week, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler lambasted ICE in a series of tweets and announced that he would not see the city's police breaking the protest at the Southwest Portland federal agency office. A spokeswoman said Monday that Wheeler's position had not changed and that the Portland police would not respond.
Wheeler travels Monday, said the spokeswoman, and is not in Portland.
Billy J. Williams, US District Attorney for Oregon, said Monday that his office will work to support the agents of the CIE and the Federal Protection Service.
"While protesters have the legitimate right to gather and express their concerns, blocking entrances or entrances to the building is not allowed by federal law," Williams wrote in a press release .
This report will be updated.
– The Oregonian / OregonLive
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, Anna Spoerre, Gordon R. Friedman and Jim Ryan from The Oregonian / OregonLive contributed to this report.
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