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#OccupyICEpdx is still here. Folks are still fighting. And folks are shifting tactics and continuing to push. This one hits me hard; food... sleep... these things are critical. Much love to these three
"A small group of protesters at the Occupy ICE camp vowed to consume only Gatorade until Portland officials act to drive U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of the city."
Those on hunger strike, and #OccupyICEpdx in general, is demanding that the city of Portland revoke its conditional use permit granted to the ICE facility, and start living up to its rhetoric about sanctuary city status.
Commissioner Chloe Eudaly supports abolishing ICE and is looking into revocation of the permit (still worth following up though); Fritz is also sympathetic.
