Affordable housing residents near Portland ICE building to ask judge to limit feds’ use of tear gas

Letter: Who would approve of the tear-gassing of children? For Utah’s leaders, the answer is not self-evident.

On Feb. 4, I called Sen. Mike Lee’s Salt Lake City office, and an aide answered the phone. Given the recent tear-gassing of small children by ICE/CPB agents in Portland and Minneapolis, I asked if Sen. Lee approves of the tear-gassing of children. The aide’s response is that Sen. Lee has not made an official statement on that subject.

Judge questions feds’ use of force with tear gas near Portland ICE facility

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)PORTLAND— A federal judge on Friday sharply questioned a federal attorney over inconsistent reports r…

Affordable housing residents near Portland ICE building ask judge to limit feds’ use of tear gas

Residents of an affordable housing complex near the Portland ICE building ask a judge to limit officers' use of tear gas during protests.

Federal court weighs whether to limit DHS gas use near South Portland ICE facility

A federal court is considering whether to require DHS to scale back its use of chemical agents against protesters outside the ICE facility in South Portland.

Neighbors of Portland ICE facility to go before federal judge over tear gas use

A lawsuit over chemical munitions seeping into residences at a low-income apartment complex across from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland is set for a hearing Friday.

Portland apartment residents to testify in ICE tear gas lawsuit

Multiple residents of a Portland affordable housing complex have bought gas masks to wear in their own homes, to protect themselves from tear gas fired by federal agents outside the immigration building across the street. Others have taped their windows or stuffed wet towels under their doors, while children have sought security by sleeping in closets.