Overview
- Francisco “Frank” Miranda was detained outside his Portland workplace last week despite telling agents he was born in California.
- A partial video shows agents threatening to use a police dog, questioning his birthplace, and seizing his phone and Oregon driver’s license.
- Miranda’s attorney says agents struck him from behind, placed him in an unmarked van, held him for hours at the South Macadam ICE office, and then returned him to work without stating a reason.
- The attorney demanded DHS records on the arrest and use-of-force policies and says Miranda will sue, while Milwaukie city leaders sent a letter condemning the detention.
- DHS and ICE did not provide comment by publication deadlines, and coverage places the case in the context of a recent Supreme Court ruling broadening stop criteria and GAO findings on erroneous arrests; The Oregonian says this appears to be the first known citizen arrest by ICE in Oregon.