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The man accused of setting one of Washington states most destructive wildfires will be evaluated for competency before entering a plea.

The secretary arrived at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland just after noon Tuesday. Portland police officers had blocked off streets and cordoned off observers and protesters.

Federal officers deployed clouds of tear gas and other crowd control munitions, including flash-bang grenades, on Saturday afternoon outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland on demonstrators.