Federal Tear Gas Restrictions in Portland Highlight Federal Overreach and Threat to Law Enforcement

In Portland, a city no stranger to chaos, a federal judge has stepped in to limit the use of tear gas by federal officers guarding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. While the ruling on its surface appears to protect peaceful protesters, it dangerously hampers law enforcement's ability to maintain order and secure our nation’s borders—an America First priority that too often falls victim to political grandstanding. Is Protecting Protesters Trampling on Peaceful Law Enforcement? The temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Michael Simon restricts federal agents from deploying chemical munitions unless an imminent threat of...