Portland will continue to stand firmly with our immigrant neighbors, who deserve safety, dignity, and the full protection of the communities they help build.
We are also proud of the Portlanders who showed up today in peaceful solidarity, demonstrating the strength and clarity of those shared values in the face of federal overreach.
I share the impatience of those who demand we use every legal tool at our disposal to push back against this inexcusable, unconscionable, and unacceptable violence against our community.
The City of Portland is moving swiftly to operationalize an ordinance that went into effect this month, imposing a fee on detention facilities that use chemical agents.
Life is, indeed, good here—and getting better every day. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/r...
I share the need to act. Actions that can withstand the scrutiny of the justice system take time – and we cannot afford to lose this fight.
As we prepare to put that law into action, we are also documenting today’s events and preserving evidence. The federal government must, and will, be held accountable.
No one is forcing you to lie to yourself, even as your bosses continue to lie to the American people.
Our nation will never accept a federal presence where agents wield deadly force against the very people they are sworn to serve.
I'd like to share my editorial for Newsweek that published this morning. I ask mayors across this great nation to continue standing strong and standing together, peacefully, in the face of federal bully tactics against our communities.
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Mayor Keith Wilson
Mayor Keith Wilson
Mayor Keith Wilson
Mayor Keith Wilson
Mayor Keith Wilson
Mayor Keith Wilson
Mayor Keith Wilson
To those who continue to make these sickening decisions, go home, look in a mirror, and ask yourselves why you have gassed children. Ask yourselves why you continue to work for an agency responsible for murders on American streets.
