Oregon senators and representatives demand withdrawal of federal officers from Portland

Oregon state representatives and senators wrote an open letter Thursday to Attorney General William Barr an Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf demanding they pull federal officers out of Portland.

"We are writing to request that you immediately remove federal personnel from the streets of Portland unless authorized by the city's elected officials," the letter states.

The state senators and representatives say their views align with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Ron Wyden, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, and Rep. Earl Blumenauer along with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.

They say the uninvited presence of federal agents in Portland is an abuse of power.