ICE office in Portland reopens after being shuttered by protesters

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore., that was shut down by protesters last week will resume operations on Tuesday.

“The ICE office on Macadam Avenue is operating on a modified status Monday,” ICE spokeswoman Carissa Cutrell said in a statement to The Hill. “Normal operations will resume Tuesday.”

Organizers of the Portland protest did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

{mosads}Protesters faced off with Department of Homeland Security officers on Thursday, and several demonstrators were removed by force.

The “Occupy ICE” protest in Portland was one of many that took place across the country in response to President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which resulted in the separation of migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Garrett Hour, one of the protest’s organizers, told The Hill last week that demonstrators are fighting for the “complete abolition of ICE.”

“It’s an organization which was born out of fear and xenophobia after 9/11,” Hour said. “Many Americans don’t realize it’s completely unnecessary for managing immigration in our country. Other countries don’t have ICE.”

The protest group’s GoFundMe had raised more than $15,000 as of Sunday night, and that money will go to Pueblo Unido, a Portland advocacy organization that has a legal defense fund for immigrants.

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Statement on funds:#OccupyICEPDX would like to thank all volunteer-run nonprofit Pueblo Unido for stepping up and accepting the funds generated by this protest movement! The outpouring of community support has been amazing, this wouldn’t be possible without it! 1/6

— Abolish I.C.E PDX (@OccupyICEPDX) July 1, 2018

Protesters are still camped out in front of the ICE facility.