ICE Barbie Sued Over Tear-Gas Stunt for MAGA Influencers [View all]
Source: Daily Beast
Updated Dec. 8 2025 8:19AM EST
Published Dec. 8 2025 7:31AM EST
The Trump administration has been sued over claims federal agents harmed families by firing chemical agents near an apartment building as part of an attempt by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to impress conservative influencers.
Since the summer, the use of force by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has escalated around a federal facility in Portland, Oregon, with the deployment of tear gas, pepper balls, and chaotic tactics that even hit peaceful crowds. A new lawsuit alleges that their use has affected residents living near the facility.
A resident of the Gray's Landing apartment building directly across the street from the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility shields his eyes as officers confront protesters on June 19, 2025.
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The complaint, filed Dec. 5 by REACH Community Development and nine residents of Gray’s Landing in Portland, Oregon, argues that, for the past six months, federal agents have “indiscriminately deploy[ed tear gas], smoke grenades, pepper balls, and other chemical agents in mass volume,” with fumes that “seep through windows and vents, accumulate in hallways and bedrooms, and bind to walls, carpets, clothing, furniture, and children’s toys.”
It details yellow gas clouds, persistent coughs, burning eyes and throats, dizziness, and headaches. Some deployments were “not to address any real danger,” according to the complaint, but to ”put on a show for conservative ‘influencers’” who had been invited by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and DHS to the ICE facility “to film the protests for propaganda purposes.”
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-kristi-noem-sued-over-dhs-tear-gas-stunt-for-maga-influencers-in-portland-oregon/
Link to SUIT (PDF) - here
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