They sought clarity from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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

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

Francisco Miranda, who was born in California, was detained by masked agents, taken away in an unmarked van and held for several hours at the ICE office in Portland.

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

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made a high-profile visit to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland on Tuesday amid a legal battle over sending federal troops to the Oregon city.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said she continued to push back against a looming troop deployment as U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived Tuesday in Portland. Kotek met with Noem at a private jet hangar for about 20 minutes shortly after the Trump Cabinet member deplaned around noon at Portland International Airport.