A lawyer in Portland, Oregon, says he is representing a U.S. citizen who was detained and held at the city's U.S.

The Portland mayor is reported to have ordered removal of police tape near a Portland ICE facility despite the federal government's call for establishing a perimeter around the location

A video shows Portland police confronting a vehicle near a protest outside an ICE facility, prompting claims about who was inside and what was said.

Throughout the morning and afternoon on Wednesday, a handful of protesters held signs on the corner of Bancroft and Macadam.

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

A few dozen protesters and counter protesters slowly made their way back to the front of the building on Wednesday night.

ICE tried to flex its supposed popularity in Portland by posting a photo of exactly one lonely supporter. President Donald Trump has sought to deploy National Guard troops to Oregon’s largest city, calling it a “war zone” and insisting that ICE facilities and officers are “under siege” from “domestic terrorists.

Federal courtrooms on opposite sides of the country on Thursday served as stages for the ongoing showdown between Democratic-led cities and the Trump administration, as judges weighed whether the president is exceeding his authority by deploying National Guard troops to quell demonstrations outside ICE facilities near Chicago and Portland.