Half the Answer #49: What's It Really Like at the Portland ICE Facility? Part Deux

Caitlin and Trent speak with livestreamer Audrey Lee about her experiences participating in and documenting protests at the Portland ICE facility. Audrey explains the relationship among the people on the street, the officers of various departments and agencies, and the counterprotesters and right-wing influencers who have been interacting since she arrived this fall.

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Resources

https://www.tiktok.com/@awkwardly_audrey?_r=1&_t=ZT-91NRgOQJsXl
https://youtube.com/@awkwardlyaudrey?si=hn9Pm439rt_LO0lx

National ICE stories:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/us/ice-immigration-customs-enforcement-explained-cec

https://www.vera.org/news/more-people-are-in-immigration-detention-than-ever-before

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/new-ice-recruits-showed-training-full-vetting-rcna238739

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to-id-themselves/

https://newrepublic.com/post/196292/ice-director-tom-homan-immigration-crackdown

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-release/congress-approves-unprecedented-funding-mass-detention-deportation-2025/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-immigration-diplomats-secret-calls-b2856464.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/06/09/trumps-immigration-crackdown-guru-stephen-miller-wants-even-more-arrests/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-yells-ice-agents-152117107.html

Customs and Border Patrol
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/border-patrol-agents-replace-top-leadership-at-ice-offices-despite-human-rights-violations

US Citizens detained:
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will

Kavanaugh stop:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a169_5h25.pdf

New York:
https://longisland.news12.com/federal-jury-awards-112m-to-immigrants-detained-by-suffolk-for-ice

Florida:
https://www.latintimes.com/congressman-reveals-conditions-alligator-alcatraz-that-made-his-heart-sink-after-tour-586655

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/former-alligator-alcatraz-worker-describes-inhumane-conditions-inside/3673307/

Illinois:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lawsuit-alleges-inhumane-conditions-at-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3846195/

https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-lawsuit-filed-aclu-illinois-conditions-inside-broadview-facility-court-tuesday/18111176/

https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/

Oregon:
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/ice-in-oregon-pointing-rifles-at-family-stopping-minors-at-gunpoint-laying-on-top-of-man-during-arrest.html

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/14/lawmakers-condemn-ice-arrest-four-gresham-construction-workers/

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/ice-detains-us-citizen-for-7-hours-after-she-photographed-agents-in-gresham.html

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/08/hillsboro-immigration-customs-enforcement-victor-cruz-ice-oregon-washington-county-democrats/

https://opb.org/article/2025/11/05/washington-county-emergency-increased-ice-activity/

At the Portland facility:
https://www.portland.gov/hello/news/2025/7/8/update-chemical-munitions-use-near-ice-facility

Right wing influencers aren’t journalists and they’ve got Trump’s ear:

https://www.theverge.com/policy/813408/portland-influencers-national-guard-oregon-ninth-circuit

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/livestreamers-are-filming-and-sometimes-creating-conflict-at-portland-ice-protests-for-clicks-and-cash.html

NG went to OR despite order:
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/29/oregon-national-guard-portland-ice-immigration-karin-immergut-donald-trump/

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/bonamici-wyden-merkley-dexter-demand-answers-about-portland-ice-facility