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2 people shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon, DHS says - WDEF

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    30% ReliableAverage

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    -50% Medium Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    9% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the ICE facility in downtown Portland as night fell.
50% : As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.
44% : The Department of Homeland Security said the shooting involved Customs and Border Patrol agents.
43% : Protesters standoff against law enforcement outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 8, 2026.Jenny Kane / AP The shooting came a day after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
37% : DHS said Border Patrol agents stopped a car searching for a Venezuelan they claim is in the country illegally and a member of the Tren de Aragua gang.
18% : Fellow Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley wrote on Facebook, "Please keep protests of Trump's ICE/CBP peaceful, as Trump wants to generate riots.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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