Federal Agents Keep Deploying Tear Gas Near Kids. We Have No Idea What It Does to Their Health.

Federal agents keep deploying tear gas near kids. We have no idea what it does to their health.

From the roof of the ​​Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon, federal agents late last month watched as thousands of people marched past the processing center in protest. Families and children were among the daytime crowd, which had gathered for an event advertised as family friendly. When some protesters reportedly crossed the facility’s property line and approached the security gate, agents began deploying tear…

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