<p>On June 25, a group of people organizing under the hashtag #OccupyICEPDX outside the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Portland, Oregon, were given a notice from the Department of Homeland Security to leave or face arrest.</p><p>The gathering began as a demonstration and graduated to a round-the-clock protest on June 17 against the Trump administration’s treatment of illegal immigrant families. In a statement</a> on June 21, ICE said operations would be suspended at the premises</a> until safety concerns had been addressed.</p><p>Early on June 25, a team of law enforcement officers was able to enter the premises</a> when protesters were sleeping outside.</p><p>Later in the day, officers from the Department of Homeland Security handed out fliers</a> stating the occupation was “unlawful under federal law,” and that those who continued would risk “arrest and prosecution.”</p><p>Video posted on Twitter by the activist group shows the officers handing out the fliers.</p><p>The demonstrators said their occupation would end</a> after four demands were met: that the ICE facility be closed and removed from Portland; that children separated from their families be reunited with them; that the US cease incarcerating immigrants; and that ICE be abolished. Credit: Abolish I.C.E. PDX via Storyful</p><br />
