Portland Man Faces 20 Years After Pleading Guilty to Setting Fire at ICE Facility

By Lucille McNamara On Nov 20, 2025

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland. | Courtesy: U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. — Thirty-four-year-old Trenten Edward Barker is facing a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after pleading guilty to setting fire to a pile of debris at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Portland on June 11, 2025.

Barker will be sentenced on March 4, 2026, when he appears before a U.S. District Court judge. Apart from imprisonment, he also faces the possibility of a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.

According to court documents, Barker was part of a group of individuals who constructed a barricade against the vehicle gate of the ICE building in an attempt to prevent agents from exiting the premises.

Barker lit a flare and threw it into the barricade of large objects and debris. The flare ignited the barricade, starting a fire.

By Lucille McNamara | Covers public safety, courts and Oregon policy

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