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Portland city council member recommends burner phones and encrypted apps for ICE protesters in FB video

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo posted a video to her Facebook account on Monday advising constituents how to avoid immigration officers.

PortlandCityCouncilmemberAngelitaMorillothisweekadvisedresidentstobuyaburnerphoneanduseencryptedmessagingappstoavoidbeingtrackedbyimmigrationofficersandfederalagents. Inanearlythree-minutevideopostedtoherFacebookaccount,Morilloofferedwayspeoplecould“protect”themselvesinresponsetoPresidentDonaldTrumpdeployingtheNationalGuardtoPortlandtodefendImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(ICE)facilities. “Yourphone?Youshouldconsiderthisatrackerandalisteningdeviceatalltimes,”Morillosaidinhervideo.“Withyourphone,theycantrackyourlocation.Theycanseewhoyoumetwith.Ifyouhappentoorganizewithabunchofdifferentpeopleandyoualltookthebustothesamesecurelocation,guesswhat?Theyhaveapatternofwhoyouorganizewith,whoyoutalkto,andhowlongandwhy.” PORTLANDCITYCOUNCILCONSIDERSHOWTOBOOTICEOUTOFCITYFACILITY Shecontinued,“SoyoushouldgetaFaradaycage,whi