PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Immigrant rights activists in Portland rallied Saturday before marching to Mayor Keith Wilson’s home to demand he revoke the permit for the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.
Portland Contra las Deportaciones (PDXCD) held a rally at Wilshire Park before marching to Wilson’s house as part of an “ICE OUT! Revoke the Permit” protest.
The group is calling for immediate action to revoke the permit for the Portland ICE facility at 4310 Southwest Macadam Ave.
The protest was scheduled for Saturday, April 4, at noon. Participants met at Wilshire Park. One person was arrested at the march for criminal mischief and trespassing.
PDXCD said it has been more than six months since the city of Portland issued a land use violation for the ICE facility on Macadam Avenue, but the city continued to allow landowner Stuart Lindquist to delay the process and appeal the violation.
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The group said activists have asked for months to meet with the mayor and city councilors to discuss shutting down the facility.
“We met with the mayor in February, and we were met with silence, abdication of responsibility, and a clear commitment from the city to keep the ICE facility open,” the group said.
KATU News reached out to the mayor’s office on Friday, awaiting comment.
Portland Police Bureau said that during the protest, a woman had a glass object resembling a flower vase and threw it onto the porch of a home, breaking the vase. Police said there was no documented damage to the home, and one was injured.
Officers arrested Mila L. Payne, 20.
PPB said booking restrictions at the Multnomah County Detention Center prevented officers from lodging her in jail, so she was criminally cited for third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree criminal trespassing.
She is required to appear in court within 30 days, according to PPB.
“As a reminder, just because arrests are not made at the scene, when tensions are high, that does not mean that people are not being charged with crimes later,” PPB said in a release about the arrest.
Immigrant rights activists in Portland rallied Saturday before marching to Mayor Keith Wilson’s home to demand he revoke the permit for the city’s ICE facility/Felisha LeCher, KATU News
PDXCD described the facility as “the homebase for ICE’s terror in our community,” and said the city has refused to shut it down or move forward with reconsideration of the land use permit.
“If immigrants in Portland and the residents of the south waterfront neighborhood cannot have peace at home, neither can Mayor Wilson,” the group said. “PDXCD will be letting him know there will not be business as usual while he refuses to protect Portland from ICE.”
In December, the city approved the enforcement of fines for nuisances at or near detention facility. Mayor Keith Wilson’s office said the decision was in relation to protecting health and safety near the ICE facility.
That gave the city the ability to fine the property owner of a detention facility $5,000 for every offense, which includes using or allowed chemical substances, and any contamination that makes the building “unsafe.”
While Portland City Council approved these regulations and fines in December, the announcement took place in February. The fines only applied to incidents after Friday, Feb, 27, 2026.
Property owners can appeal the fine within 15 days of receiving a citation, but if they do have to pay and they don’t, fines double every 15 days they are not paid.
The rules are in place for up to 180 days while the city completes the permanent rulemaking process.
Portland Contra Las Deportaciones describes itself as a grassroots immigrant rights group in Portland fighting for an end to all deportations.