Federal Agents Mace 19-Year-Old at Point-Blank Range Outside Portland ICE Facility

Hands raised, eyes burning, a young protester becomes another witness to the quiet brutality that has defined Trump's regime

19-year-old Leilani is assaulted by federal agents without provocation | image source: Dantey Buitureida

Written by Dominick Skinner | 5 October 2025

There’s a particular kind of silence that hangs outside Portland’s ICE detention center late at night, the kind that feels like it’s waiting for something to break it. On October 2nd, 2025, that silence shat…