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Why Portland ICE protesters are showing up dressed as giant inflatable animals
Why Portland ICE protesters are showing up dressed as giant inflatable animals
Why Portland ICE protesters are showing up dressed as giant inflatable animals

Published on: 10/15/2025

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A protester in an inflatable bunny costume dons a gas mask at the Portland ICE facility on Saturday, October 11, 2025.A group called Operation Inflation hands out inflatable costumes to protesters at the Portland ICE facility on Saturday, October 11, 2025.Protesters gather outside of the Portland ICE building on Saturday, October 11, 2025.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.A rack of free inflatable costumes stocked byNear-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Protesters gather at Portland ICE facility on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.Anti ICE protesters in inflatable animal costumes gather at the South Portland ICE facility on Tuesday, Oct. 14.Protesters gather outside the Portland ICE facility on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.Protesters gather outside the Portland ICE facility on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.Protesters gather outside the Portland ICE facility on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Federal officers — some posted on both rooftops — guarded the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, as near-daily protests continued. Personnel included members of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and other federal agencies, who periodically fired pepper balls near the crowd.Protesters gather outside of the Portland ICE building on Saturday, October 11, 2025.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Thousands in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rode past the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, to applause from protesters.Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Protesters and counterprotesters gather at Portland's ICE facility on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025.Cyclists took to the rainy streets of Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, to protest “the militarization of Portland and the ongoing harm being done to immigrant and Indigenous communities,” according to a joint Instagram post from the World Naked Bike Ride, Rainbow Bloc, Revoke the ICE Permit PDX and NakedHearts:PDX.Protesters put on inflatable costumes during a protest at the Portland ICE facility on Saturday, October 11, 2025.Protesters put on inflatable costumes during a protest at the Portland ICE facility on Saturday, October 11, 2025.Protesters gather outside of the Portland ICE building on Saturday, October 11, 2025.Protesters gather outside of the Portland ICE building on Saturday, October 11, 2025.Protesters gather outside of the Portland ICE building on Saturday, October 11, 2025.The couple walked a red carpet specially brought in for the event.

Some of the most viral images to come from the protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland have also been the silliest: protesters dressed as zebras, frogs, unicorns, chickens and clowns.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/why-portland-ice-protesters-are-showing-up-dressed-as-giant-inflatable-animals.html

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