Immigration officers posted outside of schools in Woodburn and Wilsonville. A man dressed as a construction worker escorted by eight officers into a white van at a strip mall in Southeast Portland. A bedroom door busted in by federal agents, weapons drawn, as a baby cries in the background.
Throughout western Oregon, immigration arrests appear to have spiked this week. Social media likewise has flooded with videos of reported apprehensions and people confronting federal agents.
At the same time, attorneys representing farmworkers and a free legal clinic on Thursday asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order, saying their clients are being transported out of state quicker than they can make contact with counsel…