Down in Portland, protesters have been surrounding the local ICE headquarters for nine days—and are now being warned they’re breaking the law, which could be a precursor to arrests.
“Which laws are more important: Breaking a law about obstructing this building or breaking international human rights laws?” asked Jacob Bureros, a member of the Occupy ICE PDX protest. “We’re here to uphold the US constitution.”
Over in New York, the Occupy ICE protest is in its fifth day and, according to The Daily Beast, has caused the ICE office there to “put some New York City operations on hold.”
Here in Seattle, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has called for protest at facilities holding immigrants under Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.
“I think people should take to their detention centers and their streets,” Jayapal said on The Stranger‘s Blabbermouth podcast on June 13, after she helped bring national attention to Trump’s policy of separating migrant mothers from their children. “I think that it’s really important that people are out at these facilities. They’re in people’s communities.”
Down in Tacoma, people with “Occupy NWDC” have been making noise outside the Northwest Detention Center, where immigrant detainees are being held. And earlier this month in Seattle, nine people were arrested for blocking traffic in front of the local ICE office.
But there isn’t currently a Seattle “Occupy ICE” action like those in Portland and New York.
Today, several immigration-related actions and meetings are planned for Seattle—including one that “will precede a march to the ICE offices.”
