July 4, 2018
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Federal police officers stand guard after clearing a path to the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) holding facility on Southwest Macadam Avenue on Thursday, June 27. Nine
protestors blocking the entrance of the building were arrested.
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ICE Building Reopens
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ENTERTAINMENT
Path cleared;
protest camp
continues
A federal immigration building
in southwest Portland reopened
Monday as a protest against Presi-
dent Trump’s immigration polices
continues outside the building.
The Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) holding facili-
ty on Southwest Macadam Avenue
had been closed since June 20, af-
ter the protest group “Occupy ICE
PDX” set up a camp with the goal
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M ETRO
of shutting down the agency. The
protests followed the separation
of children from families trying
to enter the U.S. at the Mexican
border.
Federal police officers cleared a
path to the building last Thursday
and nine protestors blocking the
entrance were arrested.
“Freedom of speech and peace-
ful assembly are sacred rights en-
joyed by all Americans and the
U.S. Attorney’s Office is com-
mitted to protecting these rights.
However, when individuals break
the law by blocking employees
and the public from accessing a
federal facility, federal law en-
forcement will respond to restore
normal business operations,” said
Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney
for the District of Oregon.
A spokesman for the protest
group said their demands still
stand. They want Portland to
withdraw from the Joint Terror-
ism Task Force; end all coop-
eration with the Department of
Homeland Security; and fund
an office of immigrant rights to
provide legal help to immigrants
swept up in the Trump Adminis-
tration’s “zero tolerance” immi-
gration policies.
Gun Control Supporters Regroup
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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An effort led by Portland-area
clergy to put a measure on the No-
vember ballot to ban the sale of
certain semi-automatic guns and
large capacity ammunition maga-
zines has been postponed after le-
gal maneuvers by opponents made
it nearly impossible to gather
enough signatures to meet a July
6 deadline.
Pastor W.J. Mark Knutson of
Augustana Lutheran Church said
the “Lift Every Voice” campaign
will instead set its sights on the
2020 ballot.
Gun rights and hunting groups
had appealed the ballot title for
the Initiative 43 Petition, and the
Oregon Supreme Court last week
ordered changes, giving additional
time for the Oregon Attorney Gen-
eral to re-write the title, another pe-
riod of days for additional appeals
and then time for the court to rule
again. That meant supporters did
not have time to meet the deadline
to gather the needed 88,184 signa-
tures in order for the initiative to
appear on the ballot in November.
The court said the measure’s
caption needed to describe more
precisely what types of guns and
magazines would be banned under
the measure.
Oregon Secretary of State Den-
nis Richardson called out the de-
velopments as an example of how
the state’s initiative process makes
it difficult for anyone other than
well-funded groups and political
pros to get their proposals before
voters.
Pastor Knutson said supporters
of the gun safety measure were hit
with every legal maneuver they
could imagine, but would be back.
“We are just getting going,” he
said.