In Portland, nude cyclists join anti-ICE protests in rain-soaked ride

Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators descended on a small corner of south Portland Sunday afternoon, trading insults with counterprotesters.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of anti-ICE demonstrators descended on a small corner of south Portland on Sunday afternoon, trading insults with counterprotesters who sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and carried a large banner of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Sunday’s demonstration marked three months of unrest in Oregon’s largest city. The protests have only intensified in recent days as the Trump administration doubles down on its portrayal of Portland as an urban dystopia controlled by far-left radicals, a narrative denied by many locals and state and city officials.

The counterprotesters, some of whom wore Trump-branded garb, numbered in the dozens. They were flanked by American flags and the image of Kirk standing in front a white cross with one arm raised in a fist.

Across the street, outside an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center, a phalanx of protesters opposed to the administration’s immigration policies danced and jeered despite a Pacific Northwest downpour.

The two sides yelled obscenities at each other through microphones while federal agents stood watch from the roof of the federal building. They occasionally deployed pepper balls into a mostly peaceful crowd throughout the afternoon and into the evening.