Media Source:

The Guardian

Media URL:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/portland-venezuelans-shot-border-patrol-court

Date:

2026/02/02

Summary:

Immigration officials said a federal agent shot two “vicious gang members.” But, in a revelation Lewis & Clark Professor Elliott Young notes is “twisted and unjust,” the government offered no evidence of gang membership. Instead, Young observes, “It appears this woman is the victim of a rape, theft and being kidnapped, yet she is being turned into the target of a smear campaign.”