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Clatsop County sheriff warns of unmarked ICE activity; commissioners urge documentation and caution
Summary
Sheriff Matt Phillips told commissioners recent ICE operations in the region have included agents operating from unmarked vehicles and without clear agency identification; the board urged residents to document incidents and discussed possible advocacy for federal identification rules while acknowledging limited local legal remedies.
Clatsop County Sheriff Matt Phillips told the Board of Commissioners that recent immigration-enforcement activity in the region has raised serious concerns about officer identification and community safety. "We've had instances where someone was released from a jail and tackled by several people that were not wearing any identifying federal ... markings," Phillips said, describing incidents in which agents in unmarked vehicles or plain clothes carried out enforcement actions.
Phillips said sheriffs across the state met with ICE leadership and "laid out several instances that brought significant concern," but that ICE…
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