DHS Must Pause Policy of Arresting Activists Near ICE Building

Oregon activists convinced a judge to pause a government regulation that criminalizes protesting—or “unusual noise"—on city-owned sidewalks in front of a federal building that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices after alleging free speech violations.

Protesters Chloe Longworth and Anna Lardner of Eugene, Ore., showed that their suit is likely to succeed on the merits of their claim, said Judge Ann Aiken of the US District Court for the District of Oregon. They have “raised serious questions” to bolster their First Amendment claims concerning “the vagueness and overbreadth of the Unusual Noise Provision,” Aiken said, granting the protestors’ motion for ...