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Video footage and reports from protesters in Portland appear to show agents\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/portland-protest-tear-gas-federal-officers-courthouse\/\u0022\u003Eusing excessive force\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0against protesters and journalists and\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-53453077\u0022\u003Earbitrarily arresting and detaining people.\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0\u0022This is the kind of thing we see in authoritarian regimes, \u201d Mary McCord, a Georgetown Law professor and former national security official at the US Department of Justice, told the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/18\/us\/portland-protests.html\u0022\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBut the Trump administration shows no signs of changing course. Today the president \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/trump-announces-hes-sending-surge-of-hundreds-of-feds-to-chicago\/2309581\/\u0022\u003Eannounced\u003C\/a\u003E that federal agents would also be sent to Chicago and Albuquerque.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the actions of the DHS agents in Portland are disturbing, they are also familiar. Human Rights Watch researchers working on US immigration policy have for many years seen DHS agents engage in lawless and abusive tactics against non-citizens in communities across the country. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/05\/us-stop-using-untrained-abusive-agencies-protests\u0022\u003ENumerous reports\u003C\/a\u003E by Human Rights Watch, other organizations, and government watchdogs have documented frequent abuses and a culture of impunity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe events in Portland are also part of a continuing pattern of DHS agents violating the rights of US citizens. In 2019, Customs and Border Patrol agents were revealed to have \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/03\/08\/us-harassing-journalists-lawyers-activists-border\u0022\u003Eharassed, surveilled, interrogated and detained\u003C\/a\u003E journalists, lawyers, and activists at the US-Mexico border, interfering with their freedom of speech and movement. Border Patrol agents have been accused of racially profiling US citizens in border communities; in one case, two US citizens filed suit after being detained in Montana because Border Patrol agents had heard them speaking Spanish.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWe have been watching President Trump \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/time.com\/5316087\/donald-trump-immigration-infest\/\u0022\u003Estigmatize migrants and asylum seekers\u003C\/a\u003E as dangerous and a threat to the United States for years. We are now seeing him describe US protesters in similar \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/07\/22\/portland-protests-grow-larger-after-trump-sends-feds\/5483028002\/\u0022\u003Ebroad strokes\u003C\/a\u003E. Sending agencies with a long track record of abuse and little relevant training to police US cities highlights the contempt this administration has for the rights of US citizens and non-citizens alike.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bellingcat.com\/news\/americas\/2020\/07\/20\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-portland\/\u0022\u003ERead conflict journalist Robert Evans\u0027 account of the crisis in Portland \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]