FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS CRITICIZE ICE RAID IN LANE COUNTY

November 7, 2025 3:50 a.m. 

A group of federal, state, and local leaders have criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a raid in Lane County on Wednesday.

Congresswoman Val Hoyle, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon House Speaker Julie Fahey, State Senate President Pro Tempore James Manning Jr., State Senator Floyd Prozanski, Lane County Commissioners Heather Buch and Laurie Trieger, and several other officials issued a statement which said:

“We are alarmed by the reported actions carried out by ICE yesterday in Lane County, which included the violent detention of several Oregonians, and by the ongoing reports of individuals not receiving their constitutionally protected rights to due process and legal reparation. This was only the most recent in a series of aggressive raids carried out across the state in recent months. We are working together with community leaders and local law enforcement to learn more and ensure that all of our constituents are accounted for”.

The statement continued:

“Every Oregonian and every person in the United States, regardless of immigration status, is entitled to the full protections guaranteed by the Constitution. We will use all tools at our disposal as representatives of this community to ensure that those protections are upheld for the individuals detained today and for any Oregonian subjected to unjust or unlawful enforcement actions by ICE”.

Media reports indicate the raid included the arrest of several people in Cottage Grove and Eugene.