Overview
- McMinnville senior Christian Jimenez, 17, was stopped off campus on Nov. 21, taken to ICE’s Portland facility, and released later that day, his family said.
- Video shared by his brother captures the teen stating he is a U.S. citizen and an officer replying, “I don’t care,” before the detention.
- Department of Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin said two U.S. citizens in Yamhill County were arrested Friday for impeding federal officers and transported to ICE’s ERO office for further investigation.
- Oregon for All said four U.S. citizens were detained this week, including two women who were filming agents in a Canby parking lot and were released the same evening.
- McMinnville’s superintendent told parents the district does not share student information with immigration authorities without a court order, and the family reports authorities are pursuing an interference charge against the teen’s brother.