By Mia Maldonado

( Oregon Capital Chronicle ) — Federal immigration agents detained at least 30 people headed to work Thursday morning in Woodburn — marking the largest immigration raid in Oregon since President Donald Trump took office in January, advocates say.

At a press conference in Portland on Friday, farmworker advocacy group Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, known as PCUN, confirmed details of the raid. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation.

Federal immigration agents detained most people between 5 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Thursday, which is when most farmworkers head to work, PCUN Executive Director Reyna Lopez said.

“A lot of the folks that got picked up yesterday, they were the main breadwinners of their family, so

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