Overview
- Portland police arrested Denis Omar Rivera-Martinez, 42, on Sept. 10 on a domestic violence assault charge and released him on $100 bail.
- DHS said ICE agents observed him drop off his child at Gerald E. Talbot Community School and then made the arrest, adding that no children were present and that the agency is not raiding schools.
- Portland Public Schools reported the officers arrived in unmarked vehicles wearing vests labeled “police” and did not identify their agency when approached, a point the mayor criticized.
- DHS argued Portland’s sanctuary posture prevented a jail transfer and forced a public arrest, asserting he should have been turned over to ICE after the local booking.
- ICE records on Monday showed Rivera-Martinez in federal custody, with listings indicating either Cumberland County Jail or the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, and local police declined to say whether they notified ICE.