Protesters blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement buses from leaving with two detainees in Oregon Wednesday in a nearly 12-hour standoff that resulted in Border Patrol agents breaking up the crowd.
The crowd flocked to a hotel parking lot in Bend, where the buses were parked, after a community activist went on Facebook Live about the two men who were detained earlier in the morning, KTVZ reported.
One of the men was taken into custody at a gas station, while the other was pulled over in his car, they told a translator while detained on the unmarked buses, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. They were not immediately identified.
In a statement, Acting Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said the men who were arrested “each had a history of criminal violent behavior,” without offering details.
He said ICE agents were in Bend “to arrest criminal aliens presenting a danger to public safety and take them off the street.”
“While ICE respects the rights of people to voice their opinion peacefully, that does not include illegally interfering with their federal law enforcement duties,” he said.
“ICE will take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of its officers and detainees, and will vigorously pursue prosecution against anyone who puts them in harm’s way.”
Bend police were on scene but said their agency does not enforce ICE arrests.
Bend Mayor Sally Russell called on protesters to leave “peacefully.”
“I’ve been informed that both men being detained have warrants out for their arrest,” she tweeted. “This is not a sweep for undocumented immigrants.”
Around 11 p.m., at least a dozen Border Patrol agents showed up — pepper-spraying three protesters as they approached the bus to guide out staff and the detainees.
Bend police tweeted about an hour later that the protesters had left “peacefully” and that the feds were no longer in the area.
Portland-based nonprofit Innovation Law Lab has filed an emergency motion in federal court seeking to block the detainees from being removed, OBP reported.
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