Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale

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By Jack Belcher and Hannah Edelman Updated July 11, 2025 5:34 PM

A Portland mother and her four children, who are U.S. citizens, are being detained in Ferndale by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, according to U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter of Oregon’s 3rd congressional district. The family has been held at the facility for nearly two weeks without any contact with legal representation or charges being filed, according to their lawyer, Jill Nedved with Gonzales Law Office in Seattle. Dexter held a press conference Friday in front of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facility in Ferndale to highlight the case. “An Oregon family was kidnapped and taken to an undisclosed location in Washington state,” Dexter said in a statement to the media. “After learning of this horror on Tuesday, my team worked for days to determine their whereabouts. I arrived in Bellingham on Thursday, where we ultimately located the family — after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initially misled us” ...

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