{"id":2581190,"date":"2026-03-18T08:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-leftists-thought-they-were-above-the-law-this-prosecutor-is-proving-otherwise\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:10:49","slug":"anti-ice-leftists-thought-they-were-above-the-law-this-prosecutor-is-proving-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-ice-leftists-thought-they-were-above-the-law-this-prosecutor-is-proving-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-ICE Leftists Thought They Were Above The Law: This Prosecutor Is Proving Otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-ice-leftists-thought-they-were-above-the-law-this-prosecutor-is-proving-otherwise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2581190&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Portland, Oregon, Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez has taken a tougher approach to protest-related offenses near the city\u2019s ICE facility, a shift from the policies of his predecessor, Mike Schmidt, who in 2020 announced that many protest crimes would not be prosecuted. The change coincides with criticism from Portland and national figures who say the city tolerated lawlessness during the 2020 protests. Over a six-month period,Vasquez\u2019s office charged 33 of 53 arrests tied to anti-ICE demonstrations,with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/women-who-attacked-trump-supporters-plead-guilty-to-hate-crimes\/\" title=\"Women who attacked ... supporters plead guilty to hate crimes\">charges including assault<\/a>,interfering with a peace officer,and disorderly conduct; there have been 11 convictions and one no-contest plea,while 19 cases were dismissed. Vasquez frames protest rights as basic but emphasizes that crimes committed during protests will be prosecuted, noting that his win in the 2024 primary followed a tough-on-crime campaign against the prior lenient stance. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/operation-red-flag-disarm-citizens-arm-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"Operation &#039;Red Flag&#039;: Disarming Citizens and Arming Illegal Immigrants\">highlights ongoing debate<\/a> about how repeat offenders are handled and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader political context surrounding protests<\/a> in Portland.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Portland, Oregon, now has a county prosecutor throwing the book at the city&rsquo;s famously raucous protesters after his predecessor neglected cases.<\/p>\n<p>Most protesters arrested near Portland&rsquo;s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in the past six months have faced charges from Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez&rsquo;s office, according to court and police records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez&rsquo;s tough approach appears to be a gift to Portland&rsquo;s critics &mdash; from locals to President Donald Trump &mdash; who see a tolerance for lawlessness at the city level since 2020&rsquo;s fiery Black Lives Matter riots caught national attention.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/politics\/2024\/05\/multnomah-county-da-mike-schmidt-campaign-gets-boost-from-progressive-philanthropist-george-soros.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Soros-backed leftist<\/a> Mike Schmidt, who <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260309183457\/https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/news\/district-attorney-mike-schmidt-announces-policy-regarding-protest-related-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rolled out<\/a> a policy in August 2020 to not prosecute several protest-related crimes. Under Trump&rsquo;s second term, Portland&rsquo;s city council has publicly thanked protesters for defying his &ldquo;fascist agenda&rdquo; while Democratic Mayor Keith Wilson&rsquo;s administration imposes guidelines for city workers to protect migrants from ICE.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in rioting came after Trump launched mass deportation efforts that have swept through so-called sanctuary jurisdictions such as Portland.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Multnomah County &ldquo;prosecuting people for everything&rdquo; is having noticeable effects, with protests dwindling to less than a dozen agitators per night at the ICE building, a Portland police officer told the DCNF in mid-January, speaking anonymously to avoid reprisal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had one specific case the other night and they issued immediately,&rdquo; the officer said. &ldquo;Vasquez isn&rsquo;t screwing around.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The same officer confirmed on Monday that &ldquo;the amount of shenanigans has slowed to nearly a stop&rdquo; at the ICE facility.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez&rsquo;s team has filed charges for at least 33, or 63%, of the 53 arrests described in Portland Police Bureau (PPB) press releases about anti-ICE protests from September to February, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>The PPB documents its handling of the demonstrations, whether or not they lead to arrests, since they became so frequent under Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Charges in the six-month timespan include assault, interfering with a peace officer, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, criminal trespass and others, leading to 11 convictions and a &ldquo;no contest&rdquo; plea so far, the DCNF found.<\/p>\n<p>Nineteen cases were dismissed by prosecutors or a court, one defendant received a dismissal by paying restitution and another was acquitted of harassment and disorderly conduct charges. One arrestee was an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260309192313\/https:\/\/www.portland.gov\/police\/news\/2025\/9\/28\/ppb-facilitates-peaceful-march-downtown-portland-monitors-gathering-around\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unnamed juvenile<\/a> whose case details are not available, excluding the person from the DCNF&rsquo;s analysis.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Schmidt&rsquo;s office declared in 2020 that it would automatically decline charges for riot, harassment, escape, trespass, disorderly conduct or interfering with a peace officer at demonstrations, leaving only cases of &ldquo;deliberate property damage, theft or the use or threat of force against another person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have said since day one that the Multnomah County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office supports people&rsquo;s right to protest,&rdquo; Vasquez, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/05\/21\/multnomah-county-district-attorney-nathan-vasquez-mike-schmidt-portland-oregon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">registered Independent<\/a> whose office is nonpartisan, told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a fundamental right and one that is frequently embraced here in Portland, Oregon. What we do not support or tolerate is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-crime-takes-center-stage-on-capitol-hill-as-district-considers-omnibus-bill\/\" title=\"DC crime in focus on Capitol Hill as district weighs omnibus bill\">people committing crimes<\/a> against each other or property when they gather to protest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez defeated Schmidt in a 2024 primary after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforvasquez.com\/platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tough-on-crime campaign<\/a> that portrayed his predecessor as overly lenient. Vasquez <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Municipal_elections_in_Multnomah_County,_Oregon_(2024)#District_attorney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won the office outright<\/a> because there were no other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Portland&rsquo;s anti-ICE rioting shows a glimpse of how repeat offenders avoid jail in the city. Several Portland protesters detained in 2025 had prior criminal records in the state and were released from jail again, the DCNF previously reported. Additionally, police arrested three anti-ICE demonstrators twice in the same September-February period.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There [would] always be ten to 20 of these mentally deranged human beings down there doing their thing but it is [ineffective] to ICE,&rdquo; the Portland police officer told the DCNF. &ldquo;The usual people that are getting paid are keenly aware DA Vasquez is going to prosecute them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The cases Vasquez dropped included conservative influencer Nick Sortor, whom the PPB arrested in October on a disorderly conduct charge when he tried to take a burning American flag from protesters. Vasquez&rsquo;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/news\/multnomah-county-district-attorneys-office-declines-to-charge-nick-sortor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defended<\/a> the cops&rsquo; choice to arrest him but said that it could not prove the charge in court.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While we work with the elected District Attorney&rsquo;s office to forward them prosecutable cases, we understand that in the end, not all of them have the necessary proof beyond a reasonable doubt,&rdquo; a PPB spokesperson told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But whomever the elected DA is does not change how we make arrests. We continue to assume our role in the criminal justice system, and the DA assumes theirs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez emphasized that he does not see punishing rioters as a partisan issue in comments to the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It does not matter to me if someone is part of the left, right or center,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If they break the law during a protest they will be prosecuted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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Court and police records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation show that most of the protesters arrested in the past six months around the ICE site faced charges brought by Vasquez\u2019s office. Critics say the aggressive approach benefits those who complain that Portland tolerated lawlessness during and after the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings. Vasquez took over from Mike Schmidt, a Soros-backed prosecutor who in August 2020 announced a policy of declining prosecutions for several protest-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>In the broader political context, Portland\u2019s city council has publicly praised protesters for resisting what they call a \u201cfascist agenda,\u201d while the administration of Democratic Mayor Keith Wilson has pushed guidelines intended to shield migrants from ICE. The uptick in rioting followed Trump-era deportation efforts aimed at sanctuary jurisdictions like Portland.<\/p>\n<p>According to an anonymous Portland police officer, Vasquez\u2019s tougher stance is having a noticeable effect: protests near the ICE building have diminished to fewer than a dozen active agitators on many nights by mid-January. The officer also said Vasquez \u201cisn\u2019t screwing around.\u201d In the six-month window examined, Vasquez\u2019s team charged at least 33 of the 53 arrests described in Portland Police Bureau press releases about anti-ICE demonstrations from September through February. Court records show charges ranged from assault and interfering with a peace officer to disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespass, resulting in 11 convictions and a no-contest plea so far. Nineteen cases were dismissed by prosecutors or courts, one defendant received restitution, and another was acquitted of harassment and disorderly conduct. One juvenile arrestee\u2019s case was not detailed in the data.<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt\u2019s approach in 2020 had been to automatically decline charges for riot, harassment, trespass, disorderly conduct and related offenses at demonstrations, prosecuting only more serious offenses such as deliberate property damage, theft or force. Vasquez has said he supports people\u2019s right to protest but will not tolerate crimes committed during protests, stating, \u201cIf they break the law during a protest they will be prosecuted.\u201d He defeated Schmidt in a 2024 primary after running on a tough-on-crime platform, winning outright as there were no other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The episode also illustrates how repeat offenders may dodge jail under Portland\u2019s system. Several anti-ICE protesters detained in 2025 had prior state records and were released again, and three were arrested more than once within the September-February period. A police officer told the DCNF that many participants appear \u201cto be getting paid\u201d and that they are aware DA Vasquez will prosecute them. Among the cases Vasquez dropped was one involving conservative influencer Nick Sortor, who was arrested in October on a disorderly-conduct charge tied to a confrontation over a burning American flag; Vasquez\u2019s office defended the arrest as police conduct but could not prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt in court. The Portland Police Bureau said arrests are made based on the evidence available, while the DA\u2019s office handles prosecutorial decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez stressed to the DCNF that prosecuting rioters is not a partisan issue: \u201cIf they break the law during a protest they will be prosecuted.\u201d All Daily Caller News Foundation content is provided as part of their guidelines for publication, with attribution as appropriate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2581191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-808.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8049,50072,3813,5894,6215],"class_list":["post-2581190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-accountability","tag-anti-ice","tag-immigration","tag-politics","tag-prosecutor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-808.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581195,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581190\/revisions\/2581195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}