Photojournalism: A Portland ICE protest as captured by Willamette student
- Alan Cohen, Freelancer
- 6 hours ago
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All work courtesy of Alan Cohen (ʼ25), freelancer and former Collegian writer. Photos and some of Cohen’s writing were originally published on his Instagram account: @iamalancohen.
Several hundred people marched and protested in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, October 4, 2025. They started marching from a nearby park at 12 p.m. and the protest continued throughout the evening. Protesters sang chants and held signs against President Donald Trump’s deployment of military troops in the city, mass deportations of migrants and what experts regard as an ongoing genocide in Palestine.
At least two people were taken into custody and transported inside the facility as federal agents in riot gear deployed multiple rounds of tear gas. The protest was organized by grassroots groups such as Portland Contra las Deportaciones and Portland for Palestine.
Around 5 p.m. the same day, a federal court ruled that President Trump lacks the authority to deploy troops domestically und
er federal law unless under circumstances of invasion, rebellion or when the laws cannot otherwise be executed, none of which, the court ruled, are the case in Portland. The next day, the same judge ruled that such prohibition applies to any state’s National Guard, not just Oregon’s.
