Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents’ tear gas use
Judge Amy Baggio restricts tear gas use near Portland ICE facility to prevent exposure to apartment residents amid a lawsuit alleging constitutional rights violations.
- A federal judge ordered federal officers at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland to restrict their use of tear gas after a lawsuit by nearby tenants.
- The judge acknowledged the order as 'an extraordinary remedy' but deemed the case 'extraordinary' due to the toxic chemicals poisoning a residential community.
- The lawsuit argued that the use of chemical munitions violated residents' rights to life, liberty and property by sickening them and contaminating their apartments.
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Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents' tear gas use
Affordable housing residents near a federal immigration building in Portland, Oregon, have won a court order limiting federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the facility.
'Shocks the conscience': Judge limits tear gas use at Portland ICE facility
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — A judge has ruled to limit federal law enforcement’s use of tear gas and other chemical munitions outside the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, where protesters have been regularly gathering to voice their disapproval of the current administration’s immigration policies. In an opinion and order issued Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge [...]
Judge orders federal officers at Portland’s ICE building to greatly restrict the use of tear gas
Residents of a nearby apartment building had sued over the use of tear gas against protesters. Another federal judge is expected to rule by Monday on a similar lawsuit brought by protesters.
Judge blocks Portland ICE facility agents from using tear gas leaking into nearby apartments
Members of 30 Oregon labor unions organized a march against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, near an ICE facility in Portland on Jan. 31, 2026. The march ended at the facility, where federal officers shot tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets at the crowd, which included children. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)A federal judge on Friday barred federal agents outside Portland’s waterfront Immigration and Customs…
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