Portland mayor demands ICE leave city after using tear gas on demonstrators

Federal agents deployed tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets, witnesses said (Allison Barr/The Oregonian via AP)

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, demanded US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leave the city after federal agents launched tear gas at a crowd of demonstrators, including young children.

The incident happened outside an ICE facility during a weekend protest that the mayor and others characterised as peaceful.