Today I was at the Call Out Sick protest downtown outside of the Eugene Federal Building in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors being arrested at their routine ICE check-in appointments while also being denied access to their attorneys. Despite about 40 people chanting and holding it down at the ICE field office on East 6th Ave and Pearl St from 1pm until 5:20pm, four ICE terrorists in masks and vests were seen forcing five kidnapped people with their hands behind their backs from the building to two unmarked black SUVs parked on East 7th Ave away from the crowd. ICE is most likely driving them to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.

An unmarked silver SUV leaving the Pearl St exit drove through the crowd as well, not injuring anyone but surely trying to intimidate.

Finally, Eugene Police Department was seen staged at the Good Times parking lot to the east of the Federal Building in what appears to be a backup of ICE’s detention and transfer of people. A reminder this violates city and state sanctuary policies.

So tell your friends and family, show up against ICE in Eugene at the Federal Building next time! And be on the lookout for these fascists out in our community.