Demonstrators protest Portland tactics outside home of DHS chief

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/509105-demonstrators-protest-portland-tactics-outside-home-of-dhs-chief


Demonstrators protested the tactics federal authorities are using in Portland, Ore., outside the Virginia home of the acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary on Sunday.

A group of about 30 protesters gathered outside of acting Secretary Chad Wolf’s Alexandria, Va., home to demonstrate against the reported detainment of protesters in Portland. The crowd of mostly white protesters all wore face masks, The Washington Post reported.

The group was guided by an Alexandria police patrol car as it marched a block and a half to the house and chanted Black Lives Matter protest slogans. Three police officers were deployed in the side yard of Wolf’s house, and another was in a blue SUV in the driveway, the Post reported.

Speakers at the demonstration condemned the DHS’s involvement in immigrant family separations, deportations and what they described as the “kidnapping” of Portland demonstrators.

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