ICE facility neighbors forced to sleep in gas masks because of 'reckless' agents: lawsuit

[cbabe]

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-tear-gas/

ICE facility neighbors forced to sleep in gas masks because of 'reckless' agents: lawsuit

Nicole Charky-Chami
February 2, 2026 11:06AM ET

Tenants and an owner at a Portland, Oregon apartment across the street from an ICE field office have filed a lawsuit against DHS and ICE, accusing agents of using chemical munitions in a "reckless manner" for months, according to reports.

The residents living in Gray's Landing, an affordable housing apartment about 100 feet from the ICE field office, have asked the court to stop ICE agents from using tear gas unless it's a matter of life or death, The Washington Post reported.

The use of chemicals has reportedly been so bad that people living at the apartment have had to wear gas masks to sleep or even sleep in their bathtubs to try and escape the tear gas wafting inside their homes, they said in court declarations.

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A charter school also relocated from the area in summer 2025, "after condemning federal agents’ use of tear gas near the school."

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[ck4829]

1. Yeah, pretty sure the government doesn't have to worry about paying out for people joining ICE to get student loans paid

[Dave Bowman]

2. How old are they? 10?

[cbabe]

3. Who 'they'?

[Dave Bowman]

4. The ICE Holes.

[cbabe]

5. If only. Should've been made to sit in timeout long long ago.

[hlthe2b]

6. Not good. Beyond the acute eye and respiratory effects, chronic exposure can increase

risk for glaucoma and cardiovascular and GI disease. I hope a good attorney is taking this on NOW.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Good Point

These are almost all sensitizing compounds.
The more exposure, the less it takes each time to cause distress.
We worked with such compounds early in my career and it was always in a vapor hood with activated carbon filters on the exhaust.
Nothing to mess with.