Overview
- About 300 McMinnville High School students walked out Monday after 17-year-old Christian Jimenez was detained during lunch last Friday off campus.
- Family video and local reporting say an agent told the teen to get out after he said he is a U.S. citizen, then broke the driver’s-side window and detained him.
- DHS says Border Patrol agents were blocked by two vehicles and that Jimenez and another U.S. citizen were arrested for impeding federal officers.
- Both were taken to ERO Portland for further investigation and potential federal prosecution, and Jimenez was released shortly before 7 p.m. the same day.
- The school district notified families and reiterated privacy protections, while advocacy groups report several U.S. citizens were detained in the Portland area last week, including people filming ICE activity.