Published 7:01 am Friday, October 10, 2025 A Milwaukie man was arrested by immigration officials last week, after they mistook him for a non-citizen, in what may be the first known case of a U.S. citizen being arrested by ICE in Oregon. Francisco Miranda, 46, was leaving work on Friday, Oct. 4, when he was approached by two plain-clothed immigration officers wearing masks, who repeatedly told him that he was “here on an overstay,” meaning he had stayed in the country longer than he was allowed as a non-citizen. Miranda recorded much of the interaction on his cellphone before it was confiscated by immigration officials. The video appears to show officers asking him repeatedly where he was born, which he responded was in California. Miranda’s attorney, Michael Fuller, wrote in a letter to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, that Miranda showed the officers his Oregon driver’s license, but officers handcuffed him, struck him so hard they knocked him to the ground, then placed him in the back of an unmarked van. Miranda was taken to the ICE facility in Portland and detained for hours, Fuller said. He was eventually released, Fuller said, “without being given any legitimate reason for his abduction.” Miranda’s arrest was first reported by Willamette Week. In the days since Miranda’s arrest, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum has called for an investigation into what happened, saying that raids by ICE are reminiscent of the Fugitive Slave Act of the mid-1800s, when law enforcement would hunt down runaway slaves. “That was a dark and shameful time in our nation’s history,” Bynum wrote in a statement. “We must not allow that to repeat. Masked federal agents aren’t welcome in our state and they can’t keep kidnapping Americans.” The Milwaukie City Council has also condemned the actions. “This is not just unconstitutional, it is immoral,” the council wrote in a shared statement, “It represents an affront to the basic values of our nation and to this community: dignity of the individual, compassion for our neighbors, fairness under the law, and respect for human life.” Miranda’s case is not unique. The agency has been criticized for detaining, and sometimes deporting, U.S. citizens by mistake several times over the years. Reports of such incidents have increased over the past year, since the Trump administration expanded ICE’s mission, giving them more authority to find people living in the U.S. illegally.