Antifa terrorists surrounded the federal building in Eugene, Ore., to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday as targeted attacks on ICE continue across the country.
People woke up to breaking news on Wednesday regarding a deadly, sniper-style shooting at an ICE field office in Dallas, where authorities found shell casings carved with “anti-ICE.”
And violent protests erupted over the weekend at an ICE processing center near Chicago when protestors tried to block ICE vehicles from leaving the facility.
Anti-ICE protests in Eugene have stretched across several months and become more heated in recent weeks, according to KVAL News. On Tuesday, Eugene’s Antifa agitators had extra backing from Portland protestors who came to escalate threats and intimidation tactics outside the Eugene Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.
Protestors gathered in the afternoon outside the building at 211 E. 7th Avenue in Eugene, banging on the windows and using bullhorns to taunt people inside. They flipped off cameras, yelled obscenities and stood with opened umbrellas on the street.
“The domestic terrorist group is posted up at the entrances/exits, pounding on doors and windows,” investigative journalist Katie Daviscourt posted on X with footage from the scene. “Sources inside say employees are having to find alternative exits.”
Breaking: Antifa has surrounded the federal building in Eugene, Oregon, to protest ICE.
The domestic terrorist group is posted up at the entrances/exits, pounding on doors and windows.
Sources inside say employees are having to find alternative exits. pic.twitter.com/T4guyJDVzZ
— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) September 23, 2025
As darkness fell, federal agents attempted to disperse the crowd using pepper spray and several rioters were arrested.
Eugene Police Department said approximately 60 individuals, many in Black Bloc-style clothing, gathered outside the Federal Building and threw objects at Federal Protective Service agents, KVAL reported early Wednesday.
They also defaced federal property, leading to their arrests, according to EPD.
Portland Antifa traveled to the area to hold a combined direct action with Eugene Antifa.
Daviscourt was on the ground reporting for The Post Millennial and shared a flyer circulating online with a closed fist in the air and a sign saying “F*ck ICE.”
The flyer stated: “Portland in solidarity with Eugene. We are everywhere. Squad Up, Make Travel Plans, Bring PPE & Your Unhinged Portland Energy!”
Another X user by the name of Paul Revere shared an image of Eugene Weekly’s cover from June 19 with a transgender individual holding a gun and the headline “Are you triggered?”
Speaking of Eugene. They have a nice local magazine. pic.twitter.com/sK591BsRCR
— Paul Revere (@RevereCA2VA) September 24, 2025
“Speaking of Eugene. They have a nice local magazine,” Revere wrote.
The building houses an office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and has been the site of sidewalk protests throughout the summer. In August, interactions between Eugene protesters and federal officials intensified.
Video footage shows demonstrators being pushed by federal officers. Protesters claim they are demonstrating against arrests during immigration check-ins, which they describe as “silent deportations,” KVAL reported in another story.
Antifa enjoys creating chaos in Oregon with regular protests in Portland and Eugene, dating back to the “summer of love” and George Floyd riots in 2020.
As anti-ICE protests spread in June, Portland set up an encampment of Antifa protestors outside the ICE facility. Demonstrators have caused problems for more than 80 days, prompting residents to routinely call police for help, Fox News Digital reported last week.
But Portland police refuse to arrest them or respond to citizens’ complaints. Instead, the sanctuary city of Portland recently issued a land use violation notice to the Macadam Avenue ICE facility.
Portland officials accused it of repeatedly holding detainees longer than permitted and escalating tensions over ICE enforcement. City officials said they will investigate the rules of its 2011 land use permit, which bars keeping people overnight or for more than 12 hours, Fox News Digital reported.
🚨🇺🇸 FIRST-EVER ANTIFA DOMESTIC TERROR ARRESTS IN U.S. HISTORY
Several Antifa members were arrested and criminally charged after surrounding an ICE building in Eugene, Oregon, causing terror for employees.
This marks the first time Antifa members have been charged as domestic… https://t.co/0PBOprx0fZ pic.twitter.com/xpSVI287D9
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 24, 2025
The city also planned to issue a second violation regarding boarded-up windows at the facility — caused by the violent rioters.
The protestors have defaced the building’s exterior, pushed burning dumpsters toward the building, yelled through bullhorns late into the night, and recently brought out a guillotine.
Since June, several violent clashes between agitators and federal agents have broken out, including in one incident where a large group of anti-ICE protesters tried to block law enforcement vehicles from entering and exiting the facility. In response, agents had to deploy rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd.
Besides clashing with federal agents, the rioters have disrupted the lives of people who live in nearby low-income apartments and resulted in shouting matches and physical confrontations.
In late June, a viral video captured a local resident with a cane marching up to Antifa protestors and yelling at them to “turn it down. It’s midnight. We the people need sleep.”
In July, a resident living near the Portland ICE facility filed a lawsuit against the city of Portland to enforce a noise ordinance related to the encampment of protesters, KATU News reported.
Cloud Elvengrail rents a low-income unit across the street from the facility.
“It’s really about asking the city why? Why aren’t you coming to help the people in this community who are experiencing this? This is beyond free speech. This is not protected speech,” said Elvengrail’s lawyer Julie Parrish, who added her client was concerned about her safety after allegedly receiving threats from people at the camp.
However, in August, a judge ruled in favor of the City of Portland in the lawsuit, KATU reported in a follow-up article. Parrish told KATU she feels the lack of action is political.
“They do not want to be seen as perceived as coordinating with ICE, but that doesn’t mean they can’t go, you know, deal with trespass and deal with noise and deal with vehicular noise,” she said.
