How to Report ICE Activity in Oregon

PIRC verifies ICE activity and responds to ICE activity with legal observers and community witnesses, supporting legal and community rapid response.

Do you personally see ICE, or think you see iCE

If YES: was the activity within the last 2-3 hours? If so, call PIRC! 1-888-622-1510. If safe to do so: record the activity, ask agents to identify their name and agency, whether they have a warrant, and record the entire interaction/detention and an emergency contact phone number for the detainee. PIRC recommends you do not interfere with agents, for your safety and the safety of those being targeted.

If the activity was not within the last 2-3 hours, please text the hotline: photos or information about what you have seen, the closest intersection, and CLEAR information. It is likely too late to activate on-site rapid response, but the information you share helps us track trends and may help us connect the family to resources and reunite with their vehicle etc.

If you have heard a secondhand account of ICE activity, please ask the person sharing the report to call PIRC, or have an eye-witness call PIRC.

Do you have a loved one who has been detained by ICE, or may have been detained by ICE?

If YES: call PIRC with the full legal name, date and country of birth, and A-number (if they have one) of possibly the detained person.

Have you HEARD about ICE activity?

If YES: ask the eye witness to call PIRC as soon as possible. Do not re-share information without verifying - spreading rumors and old news contributes to fear in the community and can impede rapid response efforts for actual ICE activity.

Tips for anyone who sees ICE:

If you are at risk of detention: 

  • Calmly, slowly walk away. Do not run - running can give ICE “probable cause” to detain you. 

  • If ICE approaches you or asks for your identification*, ask them “am I being detained” - if they say no, say you do not want to speak to them and walk calmly away. 

    • *if you are driving a car (not a passenger) law enforcement can ask to see your driver’s license, and you are required to show it to them. 

  • Record the interaction, if safe to do so. 

  • If you are detained, remain silent. Give a bystander or friend an emergency contact’s phone number so they can activate lawyers. (the emergency contact needs to know your full legal name, date and country of birth, and A-number if you have one). 

If you are not at risk of detention (US citizen): 

  • Call PIRC, or direct another bystander to call PIRC 

  • Record the interaction - one video, with narration of what is happening is best. Submit videos to pircpdx@gmail.com 

  • Ask the detained person for an emergency contact number. If a loved one is in the area, ask them to call PIRC to share the detainee’s information to activate legal rapid response. 

  • If ICE threatens you, remember that you have the right to record, and to remain silent

Additional resources for interacting with ICE: