"The beginning of 2026 has seen another surge of violence from immigration enforcement officers-including in Portland, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers shot two people in East Portland on January 8. In response to that shooting, which came just a day after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Mayor Keith Wilson called on ICE to suspend operations in the city until the shootings have been fully investigated."
""ICE's capacity in Oregon is limited-and even though things are horrible here, they would be a lot worse if there was ICE detention in Oregon," Natalie Lerner, spokesperson for the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) said. "They just ultimately can't detain more people than they can logistically manage within the Portland or Eugene ICE offices over the course of one day.""
"Oregon, for now, remains one of the few states in the country where ICE does not currently operate an immigrant detention center, a facility at which ICE detainees can typically be held for a longer duration of time than is currently allowed at ICE field offices like the ones in Portland and Eugene. ICE also lacks contracts that allow the agency to legally hold detainees at local jails, which means Oregon residents detained by ICE officers, once they are processed, are typically sent to the detention center located in Tacoma, Washington."
Early 2026 witnessed a renewed surge of violence by immigration enforcement officers, including shootings in Portland and Minneapolis. Portland's mayor called on ICE to suspend operations pending full investigations of the incidents. Activists and allied state officials have redoubled efforts to limit ICE operations in Oregon, focusing on preventing ICE detention infrastructure from being established. Oregon lacks an ICE immigrant detention center and does not hold contracts with local jails, so processed detainees are typically sent to Tacoma, Washington. Increased ICE detentions have filled the Tacoma facility, prompting questions about conditions and creating logistical hurdles for Northwest enforcement.
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