Frank Miranda, a U.S. citizen, says he was abducted by plain-clothed, masked agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he arrived at his Northeast Portland job last Thursday, kicked to the floor of a van, and taken to an ICE detention center.

The abduction is described in a letter sent today to Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, from Miranda’s lawyer, Michael Fuller, indicating Miranda’s intention to seek damages for his treatment.

The incident may be the first one documented in Portland where ICE has swept up an American citizen as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants, nationwide. It comes against the backdrop of increased immigration raids across the nation.

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court

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