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Residents urge Newberg council to probe ICE activity after reports near schools
Summary
Multiple Newberg residents described recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence — including drones, a helicopter, unmarked vehicles and alleged unlicensed plates — near Edwards Elementary and elsewhere, and asked the City Council and police to verify federal-agent identity and investigate possible phone outages tied to the same day.
Dozens of residents called on the Newberg City Council on Dec. 1 to address recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in and around the city, including near Edwards Elementary School, and to clarify how the Newberg-Dundee Police Department will verify identities and protect residents.
The concerns began when Casey Banks, a volunteer rapid responder, described seeing “drones and a helicopter... throughout that day,” multiple ICE vehicles with no license plates and one vehicle speeding in city limits. Banks asked the police department to work with the school district’s IT staff to investigate a same-day telephone outage and “make those findings available publicly.”
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