Patriotic Ice Officer Replaces American Flag After Protesters Burned Existing Banner At Portland Facility

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced connected Tuesday that a national serviceman raised a caller American emblem aft protesters burned nan erstwhile 1 astatine Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s installation successful Portland, Oregon connected nan Fourth of July.

"On Independence Day, convulsive rioters targeted ICE’s installation successful nan South Portland area," DHS wrote successful a connection to Fox News. "They assaulted rule enforcement, vandalized national property, and burned an American flag."

Officials said nan rioters trim net cables to nan national facility, collapsed nan sprinkler strategy and threw rocks and fireworks astatine rule enforcement officers. 

DHS announced a caller American emblem was added to its Portland ICE installation aft protesters burned others. (Courtesy of DHS )

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Amid nan violence, rioters burned an American flag.

Officials said an ICE serviceman later patriotically raised a caller emblem successful its place.

"This is nan type of unwavering patriotism and emotion of America that our rule enforcement officers show connected nan occupation day-in and day-out," according to nan statement.

Law enforcement poses adjacent to an American emblem erected astatine nan Portland ICE facility. (Courtesy of DHS )

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Instead of being thanked for their heroic work, DHS said its agents are facing a astir 700% summation successful assaults against them.  

"Threats aliases acts of unit against rule enforcement will NOT beryllium tolerated," according to nan statement. "Secretary [Kristi] Noem has made it clear: If you frighten aliases effort to harm a rule enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to nan fullest grade of the law."

DHS Secretary Noem joined ICE and different agents connected operations successful Phoenix, Arizona connected April 8, 2025. (Secretary Noem/X)

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Border Czar Tom Homan, connected Fox News' "Kudlow" Tuesday night, vowed to "double down and triple down" connected sanctuary cities that are obstructing ICE operations, specifically mentioning Portland.

"We're going to do nan job," Homan said. "We're going to do it successful Portland too. But for nan mayors of New York City and Chicago, President [Donald] Trump made it clear 2 weeks ago, we are going to double down and triple down nan sanctuary cities. … If we can't apprehension that bad feline successful nan jail, past we'll spell to nan organization and we'll find him. Or we'll do much worksite enforcement."

He added that erstwhile further searches happen, agents will find different forbidden immigrants who "aren't a criminal target, but they're successful nan state illegally," and "we're gonna apprehension them too."

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Homan clarified nan management is not targeting sanctuary cities "because they're blue," but because they airs a consequence to nationalist safety.

"We work together pinch each nan sheriffs successful Florida," he said. "They're taking our detainers. They're not releasing forbidden alien nationalist information threats. They're calling us, truthful we tin nonstop little resources successful Florida and nonstop them to New York, Chicago, Portland and L.A."