SALEM, Ore. — Federal immigration agents detained at least 16 people in the Salem area on Tuesday, according to a coalition of advocates for immigrant rights, marking the highest single-day total for detentions in years.

The group Oregon for All said that agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement smashed the windows of a van full of people on their way to work early Tuesday morning. In a separate event, witnesses reported, ICE against rammed a car on Ward Drive in Salem near a 76 gas station.

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“These were Oregonians taken from the heart of Salem’s close-knit Latino community,” said Reyna Lopez, president and executive director of PCUN, Oregon’s farmworker union. “This is where

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