Article 708XV Ice is illegally detaining immigrants in a Portland field office, mayor says

Ice is illegally detaining immigrants in a Portland field office, mayor says

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Street Roots reporter Jeremiah Hayden in Portland,
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Records obtained by Street Roots and the Guardian back claim from Oregon city's mayor that Ice violated a land use permit to detain people overnight

Portland authorities are in a standoff with Donald Trump's administration over an Ice detention facility in the Oregon city, after an investigation found the administration is using the facility for overnight detentions, in violation of its city-issued permits.

The standoff comes amid threats from Donald Trump to dispatch troops to the city, and residents protesting nightly outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) field office in question.

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