A large group of protesters in Bend, Oregon, surrounded and blocked two buses for nearly 12 hours that were attempting to transport two people who had just been taken into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The standoff began around 1 p.m. PDT Wednesday when two large white buses tried to depart an area near downtown Bend’s Crane Shed Commons area. The vans carried two men, who had recently been arrested by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations officers within the local community and were being transferred elsewhere.

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