Six arrested but protests remain calm in Portland after two killings by border patrol agents

Local leaders’ appeal for non-violence largely holds despite growing outrage over US immigration enforcement in the cityUS politics live – latest updatesSix protesters were arrested by police in Portland, Oregon late Thursday, as an appeal for calm from local leaders largely held despite growing outrage over federal immigration enforcement in the city after two people were shot by US border patrol agents.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified the two people who were shot in a statement on Friday as Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras and Luis David Nico Moncada, undocumented immigrants from Venezuela. Continue reading…