Comrades to the Blockade: Occupation of ICE in Portland

A growing occupation has been launched at an ICE building in Southwest Portland. It needs funds, materials, and support – but most of all, bodies on the ground.

Cover photo from @pauligirll

As of this posting, the occupation outside Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building has entered its third day and a soft blockade has grown to prevent vehicles from entering the facility.

Bodies needed at Portland ICE now!!!#abolishice #nomoreice #OccupyICE #OccupyICEPDX #Portland pic.twitter.com/xspPiVSGYn

— OCCUPY ICE PDX (@OccupyICEPDX) June 19, 2018

After an uneventful immigrant rights rally at the facility on Sunday, a handful of individuals spontaneously decided to occupy railway land outside the facility at 4310 SW Macadam Avenue.  This small autonomous action has grown as outrage swells over the Trump administration’s inhumane immigrant detention policies.  More campers have arrived, food and supply donations are overflowing, and the ranks of people blocking ICE traffic continues to grow.

We are calling for other anarchist and anti-authoritarian comrades to join this effort and help build this occupation into a space for militant direct action and radical encounter.

Just dropped off materials to support the actions of @OccupyICEPDX. They could use more numbers if you have the ability to be there. 830 PM vigil tonight! pic.twitter.com/vKka88IZP6

— Matt Van Natta (@ImStoic) June 19, 2018

As the occupation grows there will be new opportunities to strike back at ICE’s incarceration-machine and other nearby sites of exploitation and oppression.  Let’s show the country what it looks like to actually abolish ICE.

Sincerely,

Some Anarchists