Portlanders take to the streets after federal shooting

The latest: Over the weekend, large crowds turned out across Portland to protest the shootings.

• At least 1,000 marched along the waterfront, per the Oregonian, with hundreds more showing up to demonstrate at smaller rallies around town.
• Rep. Maxine Dexter got a standing ovation at a town hall in East Portland when she reiterated her call for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Zoom in: DHS accused the two people shot in Portland — Luis David Nino-Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras — of ties to Tren de Aragua, which the Trump administration has designated a global terrorist organization, and said they entered the U.S. without authorization.

• In a news conference Friday afternoon, Portland Police Chief Bob Day said a shooting in Northeast Portland over the summer had been linked to Tren de Aragua.
• Zambrano-Contreras' and Nino-Moncada's names had surfaced in the investigation, though neither had been named as a suspect, and Day did not elaborate on their potential involvement.

Yes, but: Fidel Cassino-DuCloux, a federal defender representing Nino-Moncada, disputed the allegations.

• The shooting by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent and the subsequent allegations of gang ties "follow a well-worn playbook that the government has developed to justify the dangerous and unprofessional conduct of its agents," Cassino Du-Cloux said in a statement to OPB.
• Day was also careful to clarify that facts about police involvement with Nino-Moncada and Zambrano-Contreras were not intended "to condone or support or agree with any of the actions that occurred" in the shooting.
• The pair were in stable condition as of Friday, according to Day.

What we're watching: Though Nino-Moncada and Zambrano-Contreras were in federal custody while hospitalized, no charges had been filed against them as of Saturday, Cassino-DuCloux told OPB.