US EditionPortland Residents Near ICE Building Win Court Order Limiting Agents' Tear Gas Use
Judge Amy Baggio restricts tear gas use near Portland ICE facility to prevent exposure to apartment residents amid a lawsuit alleging constitutional rights violations.
- U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio issued a preliminary injunction restricting tear gas use at the ICE building, barring deployments likely to reach Gray's Landing unless necessary to prevent imminent threats.
- Residents at Gray's Landing sued in December alleging chemicals from crowd-control munitions seeped into homes, harming vulnerable residents and violating their rights.
- The court found a pattern of deliberate indifference, citing videos contradicting official accounts and harm to Gray's Landing residents. `This case is not about the rights of protesters,` wrote Baggio.
- Local groups and tenants said REACH Community Development and tenants' attorneys praised the ruling, while the U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond and Judge Michael Simon is expected to rule by Monday after a three-day mini-trial.
- A second judge's ruling restricting agents at the South Waterfront ICE facility signals judicial scrutiny of defendants' use-of-force authority while advancing residents' rights and accountability.
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Portland residents near ICE building win court order limiting agents' tear gas use
Affordable housing residents near a federal immigration building in Portland, Oregon, have won a court order limiting federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the facility.
'Shocks the conscience': Judge limits tear gas use at Portland ICE facility
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — A judge has ruled to limit federal law enforcement’s use of tear gas and other chemical munitions outside the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, where protesters have been regularly gathering to voice their disapproval of the current administration’s immigration policies. In an opinion and order issued Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge [...]
Judge orders federal officers at Portland’s ICE building to greatly restrict the use of tear gas
Residents of a nearby apartment building had sued over the use of tear gas against protesters. Another federal judge is expected to rule by Monday on a similar lawsuit brought by protesters.
Judge blocks Portland ICE facility agents from using tear gas leaking into nearby apartments
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)A federal judge on Friday barred federal agents outside Portland’s waterfront Immigration and Customs…
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