No Kings, protests and Downtown Portland
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“No Kings” protests are happening across Oregon and the rest of the country Saturday to protest the Trump administration on the president’s birthday. Multiple protests are scheduled in Portland, the largest of which is starting in Tom McCall Waterfront Park at noon.
Trump sent federal officers into Portland to quell riots five years ago. A tired city — watching events in LA — hopes it won’t happen again.
Tens of thousands of Portlanders marched across the Willamette River this afternoon in a show of numbers aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and mocking his birthday celebration.
Top Portland and Multnomah County leaders, law enforcement officials and several community leaders stood together Friday in advance of large planned protests to decry the immigration policies of the federal administration and affirm the laws in place to protect immigrants.
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A few hundred protesters gathered in Freeport as the morning began, while larger demonstrations are expected later in Portland, Augusta, Lewiston-Auburn and elsewhere.
With protests over immigration enforcement raids, as well as planned demonstrations against President Trump over the weekend happening locally and nationwide, Portland city and county leaders addressed the community Friday morning.
Contingents of protestors gathered outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center and in Oceanside on Friday, calling for an end to recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.