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ICE accused of abducting a US citizen in Portland
October 8, 2025 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning, Portland! Our town is still front-and-center in national politics. But also the weather has been lovely, Halloween is coming, and it’s time to go looking for pumpkins 🎃
What's CITY Talking About?
We all know this is what Trump's trying to do: He's trying to start a fire.
Troop Deployment Updates
On the midweek roundup, you can catch up on what happened this weekend and where we are now with Trump’s push to deploy federal troops to our city. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
- Related: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem yesterday visited the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Waterfront in a move critics said was meant to inflame the city. “She's been sent by Trump to incite violence,” said U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. “The best response to her playacting as cop? Ignore her and keep supporting the members of our community." [KOIN]
- Related: Portland’s 2020 protests provide a warning for what could happen. Back then, during Trump’s first term, the arrival of federal law enforcement from Border Patrol, ICE, and other agencies, inflamed the situation. [New York Times]
- Related: Remembering the 2020 protests through the lenses of two photojournalists. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
US Citizen Abducted by ICE
In what appears to be the first local case of a U.S. citizen abducted by ICE, a Milwaukie man named Frank Miranda says he was taken to the ICE facility after being followed by an unmarked car to his work site. [Willamette Week]
- Read the letter his attorney sent to Noem yesterday.
Bike Bus Wins Over Another Celebrity
Last Friday pop star Benson Boone was the latest celebrity to join Portland’s Bike Bus — that’s the weekly group bike ride of students to their local elementary school. Justin Timberlake was a previous guest. [Oregonian]
- Check out the ride. [Instagram]
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What To Do
Wednesday, Oct. 8
- 🎵 A Community Archiving Night with Albina Music Trust | Portland City Archives (Downtown)
- 💪 Finding the Great Work of Your Life (PUGS) | Near Peninsula Park
- 🏀 Portland Fire WNBA Finals Watch Parties | Hi-Top Tavern or Dr. Jack’s
- 🎭 Paradise Blue | Portland Playhouse (King)
Thursday, Oct. 9
- 🧶 Come Inside (Portland TextileX Month) | Art Design Exchange (Buckman)
- 🎭 Trick or Treat: A Haunted Talk Show (Stage Fright Festival) | CoHo Productions (Slabtown)
- 🥒 Portland Fermentation Festival | Ecotrust (Pearl District)
- 🎬 Seed of Chucky with Glenda Danzig & The Missfits | PAM Cut’s Tomorrow Theater
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📣 A shoutout to our newest City Cast Portland Neighbors: Fernando C., Nikolaus G., Tori C., Alina C., Aimee J., Maya P., Beverly R., Kevin B., Cindy F., Debbie R., Kellyjoy K., Molly K., Howard B., Mary W., and Kaytee C.
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