ICE exercise reported Saturday in Clatsop County

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The Portland Immigration Rights Coalition mentioned there have been 5 confirmed detentions within the Seaside space on Saturday.

“Through hotline calls and through our community partners as part of the Oregon for All coalition, PIRC has received information for five community members who were detained in the Seaside area on Nov. 8,” mentioned PIRC spokesperson Natalie Lerner. “We have heard there may be additional detentions and want the community to know we are here for them as a connection to resources. As with all of the currently-escalating immigration enforcement in our state, we condemn today’s detentions — those abducted are believed family, friends and community members. Immigration agents only serve to sow panic and trauma in our state, and we are proud to be part of the strong community response to support our neighbors. Our hotline is here 24/7 for anyone across the state who has had their family or friends taken or who believes they have witnessed ICE activity.”

According to a KMUN information report concerning the exercise, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working license plates and pulling individuals over and taking them into custody round 8 a.m.

Prior to Saturday, the final time an area ICE presence was reported was by means of Facebook in Depoe Bay in May and one arrest was reported in Newport in September.

The Seaside detentions come because the Trump administration ramps up ICE exercise nationwide.

The Facebook posts, many nameless, started popping up mid-morning: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was noticed and reported apprehending individuals in Seaside.

Photos and movies had been posted of ICE autos exterior of Beach Books in Seaside and reviews mentioned “two to seven” individuals had been taken into custody.

Beach Books retailer worker Hilary Weigel mentioned she had seen the posts on Facebook however didn’t see something on the retailer.

“I believe it happened before the store opened (at 10 a.m.),” Weigel mentioned.

Jenny Pool Radway informed KMUN reporter Katie Frankowicz that every one 5 of the individuals detained in Seaside had been on their technique to jobs within the space. Pool Radway is the chief director of the Astoria-based nonprofit Consejo Hispano that gives providers to the Latino communities on Oregon’s North Coast. She likened Saturday’s operation to “a fishing expedition.”

“You’re not picking up someone who is a danger to the community,” Pool Radway mentioned. “These are our friends, our neighbors, just regular tax-paying community members who are being hunted down.”

Seaside police dispatch, the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office and Sgt. Thomas Litwin on the Astoria Police Department all reported their places of work weren’t concerned in any ICE exercise and so they had not been contacted by the company.

The Facebook posts ramped up all through the morning and into the afternoon, reporting sightings of ICE autos shifting up from Cannon Beach to Astoria, nevertheless, the one identified apprehensions occurred in Seaside.

One publish got here from North Coast State Rep. Cyrus Javadi.

“We’ve acquired reviews of doable ICE exercise at this time in Clatsop and Tillamook counties together with the Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside, and Tillamook areas.

“If you or somebody you understand could also be susceptible, please keep secure and contemplate remaining residence till we will verify extra particulars.

“We’re monitoring the situation and working to verify what’s happening.”

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