Teachers unions lead Portland uprisings against ICE with children present
Who's accountable for the results?
Teachers unions are helping organize protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement that sometimes end in violent clashes with federal law enforcement. At some clashes, activists are bringing children into potentially dangerous situations.
Late last month, Oregon’s largest teachers unions began activating their member base to rise up against ICE outside the federal detention facility in Portland, where children brought to the protest zone over the past weekend were tear-gassed alongside agitators.
Footage from the chaotic scene on Saturday showed children caught in the crossfire of ICE’s mob control measures, as Democratic officials quickly condemned the use of chemical weapons on protesters, especially with children present.
Critics, meanwhile, are questioning why young children, including infants, were taken to a volatile protest in the first place and seemingly put in harm’s way, a tactical maneuver seen as the latest street-level strategy for fomenting anti-ICE sentiment.
ICE PROTEST FOOTAGE COMPLICATES MINNEAPOLIS COUPLE’S TEAR-GASSED BABY STORY
The Oregon Education Association, a state affiliate of the National Education Association, rallied chapter members from across the Portland metropolitan area to gather in front of the city’s ICE processing center.
A teacher holds an anti-ICE sign at a protest outside the Portland immigration processing facility on Jan. 31, 2026. (Oregon Education Association via Facebook)
Thousands of union members, in conjunction with a coalition of left-wing labor organizations, joined the “ICE Out” march that descended Saturday upon the immigration building.
During the disruptive demonstration, some protesters surrounding the ICE field office began trespassing on to federal property, rushing the facility’s front gate in apparent attempts to storm the building.
Responding agents accordingly deployed tear gas to fend off the encroaching crowd, which included children positioned among the anti-ICE activists.
“Where there are educators, there are always going to be children and families, and yesterday was no exception,” OEA said in a Facebook post following the protest.
The American Federation of Teachers of Oregon, whose affiliates represent over 18,000 Oregon workers in K-12 and university teaching positions, also co-organized the rally intended “to fight back against ICE terror.”
“There were children in the march,” AFT-Oregon captioned a video of adult protesters being tear-gassed by federal officers. …
Who's accountable for the results?
Teachers unions are helping organize protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement that sometimes end in violent clashes with federal law enforcement. At some clashes, activists are bringing children into potentially dangerous situations.
Late last month, Oregon’s largest teachers unions began activating their member base to rise up against ICE outside the federal detention facility in Portland, where children brought to the protest zone over the past weekend were tear-gassed alongside agitators.
Footage from the chaotic scene on Saturday showed children caught in the crossfire of ICE’s mob control measures, as Democratic officials quickly condemned the use of chemical weapons on protesters, especially with children present.
Critics, meanwhile, are questioning why young children, including infants, were taken to a volatile protest in the first place and seemingly put in harm’s way, a tactical maneuver seen as the latest street-level strategy for fomenting anti-ICE sentiment.
ICE PROTEST FOOTAGE COMPLICATES MINNEAPOLIS COUPLE’S TEAR-GASSED BABY STORY
The Oregon Education Association, a state affiliate of the National Education Association, rallied chapter members from across the Portland metropolitan area to gather in front of the city’s ICE processing center.
A teacher holds an anti-ICE sign at a protest outside the Portland immigration processing facility on Jan. 31, 2026. (Oregon Education Association via Facebook)
Thousands of union members, in conjunction with a coalition of left-wing labor organizations, joined the “ICE Out” march that descended Saturday upon the immigration building.
During the disruptive demonstration, some protesters surrounding the ICE field office began trespassing on to federal property, rushing the facility’s front gate in apparent attempts to storm the building.
Responding agents accordingly deployed tear gas to fend off the encroaching crowd, which included children positioned among the anti-ICE activists.
“Where there are educators, there are always going to be children and families, and yesterday was no exception,” OEA said in a Facebook post following the protest.
The American Federation of Teachers of Oregon, whose affiliates represent over 18,000 Oregon workers in K-12 and university teaching positions, also co-organized the rally intended “to fight back against ICE terror.”
“There were children in the march,” AFT-Oregon captioned a video of adult protesters being tear-gassed by federal officers. …
Teachers unions lead Portland uprisings against ICE with children present
Who's accountable for the results?
Teachers unions are helping organize protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement that sometimes end in violent clashes with federal law enforcement. At some clashes, activists are bringing children into potentially dangerous situations.
Late last month, Oregon’s largest teachers unions began activating their member base to rise up against ICE outside the federal detention facility in Portland, where children brought to the protest zone over the past weekend were tear-gassed alongside agitators.
Footage from the chaotic scene on Saturday showed children caught in the crossfire of ICE’s mob control measures, as Democratic officials quickly condemned the use of chemical weapons on protesters, especially with children present.
Critics, meanwhile, are questioning why young children, including infants, were taken to a volatile protest in the first place and seemingly put in harm’s way, a tactical maneuver seen as the latest street-level strategy for fomenting anti-ICE sentiment.
ICE PROTEST FOOTAGE COMPLICATES MINNEAPOLIS COUPLE’S TEAR-GASSED BABY STORY
The Oregon Education Association, a state affiliate of the National Education Association, rallied chapter members from across the Portland metropolitan area to gather in front of the city’s ICE processing center.
A teacher holds an anti-ICE sign at a protest outside the Portland immigration processing facility on Jan. 31, 2026. (Oregon Education Association via Facebook)
Thousands of union members, in conjunction with a coalition of left-wing labor organizations, joined the “ICE Out” march that descended Saturday upon the immigration building.
During the disruptive demonstration, some protesters surrounding the ICE field office began trespassing on to federal property, rushing the facility’s front gate in apparent attempts to storm the building.
Responding agents accordingly deployed tear gas to fend off the encroaching crowd, which included children positioned among the anti-ICE activists.
“Where there are educators, there are always going to be children and families, and yesterday was no exception,” OEA said in a Facebook post following the protest.
The American Federation of Teachers of Oregon, whose affiliates represent over 18,000 Oregon workers in K-12 and university teaching positions, also co-organized the rally intended “to fight back against ICE terror.”
“There were children in the march,” AFT-Oregon captioned a video of adult protesters being tear-gassed by federal officers. …
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