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

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.

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

Residents of an affordable housing complex across from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, are set to testify Friday in a lawsuit seeking to limit federal officers' use of tear gas during protests at the building.

Portland residents who live near ICE facility seek relief from tear gas

In July, tear gas billowed up to Mindan Ocons third-floor apartment in Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her three-year-old daughter.The irritants were so powerful that they caused her child's eyes to burn, so Ocon took her daughter to the hospital.I dont know what the orange chemical is, you know? I dont know whats in it. I dont know what it can do to my child, Ocon said.Ocon's affordable housing complex, Grays Landing, is located across t…

Portland residents sue ICE for using tear gas that seeps their homes and endangers their health

Residents of an affordable housing complex in Portland, Oregon, have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secretary Kristi Noem for the repeated use of tear gas in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, arguing that federal agents have allowed chemicals to enter their homes for months. The use of tear gas is prohibited by various protocols and conventions in wartime contexts, but it is cont…