Federal officials confirmed that two people were shot Thursday afternoon by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents during an immigration enforcement operation in Portland, the second such incident in as many days amid a nationwide escalation of federal immigration raids.
Law enforcement sources identified the individuals as a 33-year-old Spanish-speaking male and his wife, both residents of Portland. Local outlet KOMO reported that the couple’s truck “lunged toward” agents who were attempting to conduct an arrest.
Portland Police Chief Bob Day said city officers responded to the scene and found two people suffering from gunshot wounds. “We understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling in the wake of the shooting in Minneapolis, but I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more,” Day said in a statement.
Both victims reportedly fled the scene and drove to a relative’s home before receiving medical treatment. KATU reported that both are alive as of Thursday evening.
The confrontation comes one day after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, sparking protests and clashes with law enforcement there. That incident is also under investigation by federal and state authorities.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson condemned Thursday’s shooting and called for an immediate halt to federal immigration operations in the city.
“We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts,” Wilson said. “Portland is not a training ground for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences.”
The new incident is expected to intensify a national debate over the Trump administration’s expanded immigration enforcement campaign, which Vice President J.D. Vance and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem have both described as a “law-and-order effort” to dismantle sanctuary networks and “restore border integrity.”
Meanwhile, DHS sources confirmed to Fox News that Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman shot earlier this week, was an activist affiliated with “ICE Watch,” a network of groups that monitor and interfere with immigration enforcement operations in sanctuary cities.
The group has been active in Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle, tracking ICE and CBP raids and often live-streaming encounters. Officials say Good had followed ICE agents to multiple locations on the day of the Minneapolis shooting and was attempting to block the roadway when she was killed.
“ICE Watch-style networks have been linked to multiple confrontations with federal agents throughout the country,” a DHS official said. “These are not passive observers — they are organized groups trained to obstruct enforcement.”
A video from the Minneapolis shooting shows an agent attempting to open Good’s car door before the vehicle accelerates and another officer fires multiple rounds at close range. The Department of Homeland Security described the shooting as justified, citing a “credible threat to officer safety.”
Vice President J.D. Vance delivered an impassioned response Thursday night, denouncing media coverage that portrayed Good as an innocent bystander.
“Everybody repeating the lie that this was some innocent woman out for a drive in Minnesota — you should be ashamed of yourselves,” Vance said. “That ICE officer nearly had his life ended six months ago when he was dragged by a car and needed 33 stitches in his leg. Maybe he’s a little sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile.”
Vance accused left-wing activist groups of using “domestic terror techniques” to block immigration enforcement and said the administration would “no longer tolerate political interference with federal law.”
“These aren’t peaceful observers,” Vance said. “They are part of a broader left-wing network to attack, to dox, to assault, and to make it impossible for our ICE officers to do their jobs. The American people elected us to enforce the law — and that’s exactly what we’re doing.”
As investigations continue in both Minneapolis and Portland, federal officials have warned that more confrontations could follow as immigration enforcement expands in sanctuary cities nationwide.