An Iranian citizen living in Yamhill County was driving to the gym Tuesday morning when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stopped and arrested him, according to his lawyer and court records.
He was held briefly in Portland before he was transferred to the regional detention center in Tacoma, said his lawyer, Michael Purcell.
Separately, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that ICE had arrested 11 Iranian nationals across the country over the past weekend who are in the country unlawfully in an effort to “proactively deliver on President Trump’s mandate to secure the homeland.”…