Rioters late Saturday stormed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, unleashing smoke bombs and firecrackers and injuring several federal officers before order was restored.
The Homeland Security Department decried the violence, vowing to bring every single perpetrator to justice.
“We will NOT be deterred by rioters’ intimidation and threats. ICE immigration enforcement will only ramp up,” the department wrote on its X account. “The violent targeting of law enforcement in Portland, OR by lawless rioters is despicable and its leaders must call for it to end.”
Meanwhile, protesters in Los Angeles caused hours of damage and mayhem before police called an unlawful assembly and imposed a curfew.
Tricia Mclaughlin, the chief spokesperson for Homeland, told Fox News that four officers were injured in Portland in the most serious and intense of the breaches on Saturday.
“Portland rioters are violently targeting federal law enforcement, and we won’t sit idly by and watch these cowards,” McLaughlin said. “Our officers are facing a 413% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, and gang members.
She added: “If you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
