Portland mayor demands ICE leave city after federal agents teargas protesters

Witnesses say protest outside ICE facility was peaceful until agents deployed teargas and rubber bullets around children

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded US Immigration and Customs Enforcement leave his city after federal agents launched teargas at a crowd of demonstrators - including young children - outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest that he and others characterized as peaceful.

Witnesses said agents deployed teargas, pepper balls and rubber bullets as thousands of marchers arrived at the South Waterfront facility on Saturday. Erin Hoover Barnett, a former OregonLive reporter who joined the protest, said she was about 100 yards (91 metres) from the building when what looked like two guys with rocket launchers" started dousing the crowd with gas.