CBP Chief Condemns Violence, ‘Criminal Destruction’ in Portland on July 4 Weekend

Mark A. Morgan, acting commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, speaks at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on June 25, 2020. Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images

Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan on July 5 condemned the violence in Portland, Oregon, over the Fourth of July weekend, when protests-turned-riots in the city led to Border Patrol agents being called in to assist police officers.

Portland police officers first declared late on July 4 that a protest near the Justice Center had become a riot on the 38th consecutive day of civil unrest in Oregon’s largest city.