Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are facing intense public and congressional scrutiny, lawsuits, and federal court orders over their frequent use of tear gas and other chemical irritants for crowd control outside immigration facilities and in residential neighborhoods in Portland, OR, and Minneapolis, MN.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Some of these images are graphic. Viewer discretion is advised. Vincent Hawkins still has the megaphone he was holding when his face was mangled by a tear gas canister.