Groups in North Carolina and Tennessee have formed human chains around ICE vehicles and prevented federal agents from transporting immigrants to detention centers. ADYet the response Wednesday by ICE agents also evokes scenes that played out last month in Portland, where DHS repeatedly tear-gassed demonstrators outside a federal courthouse. “There will be federal agents coming here,” he told protesters through a megaphone. As one group of the federal agents in riot gear reached the back of the crowd, facing off with protesters, another went straight for the bus door. After the standoff ended, Llerandi said she was at a loss for words about both the ICE arrest and being tear-gassed by federal agents.

Source: Washington Post August 13, 2020 06:56 UTC