Immigration advocates in Lane County reported a surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity Wednesday.

Elliot Harwell, a spokesperson for Trans Alliance of Lane County, said at least 11 people had been detained across the county as of 4 p.m. KLCC couldn't immediately independently confirm that number.

"ICE has arrived here, and the scenes that we have seen in Chicago are coming here to Eugene and to Springfield and to Cottage Grove," said Harwell. "People need to be prepared to see their community members being taken away and disappeared, and they need to be prepared to fight that to the best of their abilities."

Eugene resident Serena Gilbert said she was driving on Goodpasture Island Road Wednesday morning when she saw three unmarked cars with flashing red-and-blue lights fo

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