ICE Detention in Lincoln City

By Brian Bahouth

Yesterday, according to Shannon, a volunteer with Conexión Fénix and a local rapid response coordinator, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a Lincoln City man. 

“To the best of our knowledge, what happened was that the individual was contacted under the guise of getting him to do a job, and then when he left the establishment that he was at and went out to respond to that call, he was detained by agents,” Shannon said by phone.

More frequent regional ICE raids and the possibility of an ICE detention center at the Newport Municipal Airport has the regional Latino and Mesoamerican populations on-edge. KYAQ has queried ICE for confirmation of the detention but has yet to receive a response.

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