Federal immigration agents shoot two more people, this time in Oregon

In a startling escalation of federal enforcement that underscores a growing national crisis, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon, ABC News reports.

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The circumstances of the shootings near East Burnside Street and 141st Avenue remain unclear, and officials have not released the conditions or identities of those wounded. The episode marks the latest flashpoint in a widening pattern of lethal force by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and related federal agencies on American soil.

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The incident comes one day after Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent in Minneapolis, fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, poet, and mother of three, during an aggressive immigration operation that left her wife devastated. The incident has roiled the city. Good’s killing, captured on video and widely circulated online, triggered protests, political condemnation, and urgent demands for federal accountability.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson condemned the Oregon shooting, warning that “constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts” when federal authorities treat cities as “training ground[s] for militarized agents.” Wilson said he has ordered ICE to suspend all operations in Portland until a full investigation is completed and vowed to use “every legal and legislative tool available” to protect residents’ civil and human rights.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued a statement saying, “We are all shaken and outraged by another terrible, unnecessary violent event instigated by the reckless agenda of the Trump administration, this time in our own state, in our largest city, coming just one day after the tragedy in Minnesota. While details remain limited, one thing is clear: when a president endorses tearing families apart, and attempts to govern through fear and hate rather than shared values, he fosters an environment of lawlessness and recklessness." She agreed with Wilson that there must be a full investigation, which is now being opened by the Oregon Department of Justice, Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced.

Federal officials, however, have sought to frame both incidents as acts of self-defense. In a statement to CNN, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said a U.S. Border Patrol agent “fired a defensive shot” at 2:19 p.m. PT during what she described as a “targeted vehicle stop.” McLaughlin alleged the driver was believed to be tied to the Tren de Aragua gang and that the passenger was a Venezuelan migrant “affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring.” She claimed the driver “weaponized his vehicle” and attempted to run over agents before fleeing the scene — language she also used Wednesday in public claims about Good, assertions contradicted by video and witness accounts.

President Donald Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Vice President JD Vance have falsely claimed that the agent who shot Good was being attacked and that she posed a terrorist threat. Video footage and witness accounts directly contradict those assertions.

The Portland shootings have already drawn reaction from the far right. MAGA darling Kyle Rittenhouse, who in 2020 shot and killed two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was later charged and acquitted, and has since become a right-wing media figure, wrote on X, “BREAKING NEWS: Two people just shot by ICE in Portland, Oregon… Looks like Portland, OR is jumping on the FAFO train kicked off on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis.”’

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The FBI Portland field office confirmed on X that it is investigating the incident.

This story is developing.