A handful of federal immigration enforcement officers in three unmarked SUVS waited outside a Woodburn apartment complex early on Oct. 30, describing the spot in a text exchange as “target rich.”

They spotted an unmarked white van, ran its plates and followed it as it left the complex and made stops to pick people up. Its registered owner wasn’t a U.S. citizen, so they pulled it over on a city street about 5:30 a.m.

Five officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Border Patrol quickly busted out the driver’s window, unlocked the doors and slid open the side passenger door.

They pulled out a 45-year-old woman who refused to give her name or provide ID and handcuffed her. She said she wanted an “abogado” – Spanish for lawyer.

Details of the arrest and tacti

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