Arrests Made at Protests Outside ICE Facility in Portland
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Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault
Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were playing the theme from “Ghostbusters” on a patch of gravel across the street from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in South Portland when clarinetist Oriana Korol was arrested.
President Donald Trump promised to crackdown on immigration in Democratic-led cities using aggressive tactics like detaining people based on their race and deploying the National Guard to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
A U.S. citizen was detained outside his Portland workplace on Oct. 2 and held by ICE for hours before being released, according to his attorney.
The landlord of the South Portland building that houses the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility has asked for an administrative review of a land use violation notice issued by the city last month.
As videos of interactions between ICE agents in Chicago and Portland go viral, experts are questioning the officers' use of force. University of South Carolina Law Professor Seth Stoughton, who has spent years training police officers,