ICE detains at least 21 farmworkers during drug-trafficking raids in Oregon
Sep 23, 2026·Location: Medford, OR

Federal and local officers served nearly a dozen search warrants across Jackson and Josephine counties, Oregon, in what authorities describe as a two-year investigation into a drug-trafficking organization. A local immigration-monitoring group, Rogue Valley Migra Watch, reported that ICE detained at least 21 people during the operations, most of them agricultural workers at cannabis farms in Medford, Ruch, and Cave Junction. Witnesses reported GEO Group detention vans on site and one person being treated by emergency responders while in handcuffs. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said it did not coordinate with ICE and that the agency follows Oregon's sanctuary law barring local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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