A federal judge in Portland issued an emergency order Wednesday halting warrantless civil immigration arrests in Oregon by ICE agents. OREGON, USA — A federal judge in Portland issued an emergency order Wednesday halting warrantless civil immigration arrests in Oregon. U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai granted a preliminary injunction stopping Immigration and Customs Enforcement from conducting arrests without warrants in the state, according to Innovation Law Lab, which brought the case. Oregon joins Washington, D.C., and Colorado in blocking the practice, the organization said. "Due process calls for those who have great power to exercise great restraint," Kasubhai said, issuing his ruling from the bench, according to the organization. The judge also granted provisional class status on behalf of all Oregonians arrested without a warrant and without the legally required assessment of flight risk in the case M-J-M-A v. Wamsely, brought by Innovation Law Lab. The motion was filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene in January. Plaintiff Victor Cruz Gamez, a Hillsboro grandfather, testified that masked agents stopped him Oct. 14 while he was driving home from work, called him an "illegal" and detained him without a warrant, according to the organization. Cruz Gamez showed agents his work permit, which allows him to work legally in the U.S., court records show. Cruz Gamez and his family said the federal agents were looking for a different man with the same name who had a criminal background. Even though agents acknowledged there had been a mismatch, they detained Cruz Gamez anyway without a warrant, according to court testimony. ICE held Cruz Gamez for three weeks at a Tacoma facility, pressuring him to self-deport despite his legal status, the organization said. He was released after an order from a federal district court judge. The second plaintiff, M-J-M-A-, was one of 35 people detained during a sweep in Woodburn referred to as "Operation Black Rose" by the Department of Homeland Security, according to court filings. M-J-M-A- was heading to work when she was arrested without a warrant in October. Like Cruz Gamez, she has no criminal or negative immigration record and no record of attempting to flee from law enforcement, court documents state. Documents in the case revealed ICE launched Operation Blackrose across Oregon in late September, according to Innovation Law Lab. Arrests surged 1,400% over prior months and 7,900% over the prior year, according to case filings. In December, ICE agents testified they used surveillance technology to identify "target rich" locations, targeting geographic areas rather than individuals, the organization said. Agents told the court they operate under quotas of eight arrests per day and create warrants after people are already detained, according to testimony. "Today, the judge ruled that ICE can't just grab people and figure out the justification later," said Stephen Manning, executive director at Innovation Law Lab. The injunction names as defendants ICE Seattle Field Office Director Laura Hermosillo; ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons; Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem; and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to the organization. In a statement to KGW Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security from Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin: “Let’s drop the charade. This case isn’t really about arrest procedures or legal standards. At root, this case and all the others like it are about open-borders groups and activist judges doing everything in their power to stop the will of the American people and prevent the Trump administration from fulfilling the President’s mandate to deport the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. It won’t work. DHS conducts enforcement operations in line with the U.S. Constitution and all applicable federal laws without fear, favor, or prejudice and will continue to do so. Every illegal alien who DHS serves administrative warrants/I-205s have had full due process and a final order of removal from an immigration judge. Refusing to comply makes these aliens fugitives of the law. The officers issuing these administrative warrants also have found probable cause. For decades, the Supreme Court and Congress have recognized the propriety of administrative warrants in cases of immigration enforcement."