Portland Oregon

Oregon seeks White House records in Trump National Guard deployment case

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Federal officers delayed, threatened to ‘shoot and arrest’ ambulance crew at Portland ICE facility, report says

Federal officers stalled and threatened a Portland ambulance crew taking an injured protester from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility to a hospital on Oct. 5, Willamette Week reported Monday.

American Medical Response employees made those claims in internal incident reports, Willamette Week wrote. The documents detail a heated exchange at the South Portland building, with one federal agent threatening to “shoot and arrest” one of the medics, the medic wrote in a report obtained by Willamette Week.

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Trump administration doling out access to select right-wing media personalities equates to propaganda, experts say

When U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited Portland last week to observe protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, it came with none of the advance notice to local press that typically accompanies such a visit.

There were no interview opportunities, no press availability and no public statements. Federal officials did not send an itinerary for Noem’s Oct. 7 visit or note which local leaders she would be meeting with while in town. Federal officials ignored The Oregonian/OregonLive’s requests for interviews of Noem, as they have done for all requests for access to officials and the federal ICE building in South Portland dating back to June.