Oregon’s congressional Democrats are pressing federal officials on the treatment of immigrants and protestors at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility south of downtown Portland.

The facility has been the site of mostly small, mostly peaceful protests since June, and a lightning rod for President Donald Trump, who has focused on deploying National Guard troops to Portland and to the facility in recent court cases . In September city officials notified the building’s private owner that ICE was likely violating its agreement with the city by detaining people longer than the sanctioned 12-hour limit. The city cited reports that people were kept overnight at least 25 times between Oct. 1, 2024 and July 27, 2025.

Oregon’s Portland-area U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Maxine Dext

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