PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 24 Oregon residents in Salem on Tuesday, according to local immigration advocates.
Oregon for All — a coalition representing dozens of organizations, including Innovation Law Lab and Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) — called it the highest one-day detention total in years.
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“These were Oregonians taken from the heart of Salem’s close-knit Latino community,” PCUN President and Executive Director Reyna Lopez said. “This is where I grew up. It’s a vibrant and strong Latino community. We are heartbroken today.”
According to Oregon for All, ICE agents smashed the windows of a van that had been taking people to work Tuesday morning and later rammed a car on Ward Street near the 76 gas station…