How Portland is wrestling with Trump protests, National Guard threat

As Trump threatens military action, residents in Portland tell the BBC about life amid the protests.

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Tear-gas creeps into her apartment complex, Gray's Landing, which is located across from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland's South Waterfront neighbourhood.

For months, the area has become the site of nightly clashes between federal agents and protesters, dressed in black, who are opposed to immigration arrests.

"It's like a war zone," Ms Hammar, 57, says about her street. Several other residents spoke to BBC News about the unrest, which is centred on just one city block, as tensions have boiled over and put the city in the national spotlight.

"There are times I've had to have a gas mask on inside my own home," she says, demonstrating how she now wears her mask to sleep.