10/20/2025
Agents from the Federal Protective Service guarded the Portland ICE facility Sunday night, making at least one arrest as they escorted vehicles into and out of the building while pushing away protesters near the entrance. One federal agent fired sting balls as well.
Earlier in the afternoon, FPS agents dialogued with the activists, clarifying their role as protecting the building but not in immigration enforcement itself.
An anti-ICE protester told an FPS agent (part of the Department of Homeland Security) that "you are associated" with ICE (also under DHS) by protecting them.
"That's like saying your butcher is the same as your gas station attendant," the agent countered.
"How much control do you have over people who don't work with you?" he added.
Filmed by Ford Fischer