The operation targeted illegal migrants with extensive criminal histories, such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, drug trafficking, and manslaughter.
Federal immigration authorities arrested 51 illegal immigrants during a joint weekend immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, which targeted subjects with extensive criminal histories, such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, drug trafficking, and manslaughter, authorities said.
The arrests come as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and raids are set to increase in the self-declared sanctuary city amid ongoing unlawful demonstrations at the South Portland ICE facility, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources. The ICE facility has been under siege by Antifa-affiliated anarchists and similar-minded protesters since early June, with the support of elected Democratic city and state officials.
US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced the results of the operation in a Tuesday post on X.
