Overview

The Medford ICE field office at 3715 International Way is one of three ICE offices in Oregon (alongside Portland/Macadam and Eugene), and the sole federal immigration enforcement hub for all of southern and central Oregon. It operates as both an Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) office and a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office. It includes a hold room that can detain individuals for up to 12 hours — no overnight detention is permitted under Oregon law.

Coverage Area

The Medford office covers 10 counties:

• Jackson County (FIPS 41029)
• Josephine County (FIPS 41033)
• Douglas County (FIPS 41019)
• Coos County (FIPS 41011)
• Curry County (FIPS 41015)
• Crook County (FIPS 41013)
• Jefferson County (FIPS 41031)
• Deschutes County (FIPS 41017)
• Klamath County (FIPS 41035)
• Lake County (FIPS 41037)

Property Arrangement

Jackson County owns the building. It is leased to William McCulloch of BM2W under a 25-year agreement (renewed 2019) at $0.2804048 per square foot annually. ICE subleases from BM2W. This arrangement means:

• A public body (Jackson County) provides the physical infrastructure for ICE
• A private intermediary (BM2W) creates a legal buffer
• The Sanctuary Promise Act’s restrictions on public bodies may be technically circumvented

Role in July 2025 Cannabis Raids

During the July 30, 2025 DEA-led cannabis raids, a GEO Group transport bus was staged at the Medford ICE facility before operations began. Seventeen workers arrested by ICE during the raids were transported in unmarked vans to this facility, then loaded onto the GEO bus and transported to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, WA.

Surveillance Operations

The office is connected to the broader southern Oregon surveillance infrastructure:

• Crime analysts from the Medford PD performed Flock ALPR lookups for HSI agents
• The Southern Oregon Analyst Group (2021-2024) included HSI agents from this office
• License plate data was exchanged between local agencies and HSI across state lines

Why This Matters

This is the nerve center for ICE operations across the conservative rural corridor of southern Oregon. Every enforcement action in Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties flows through this office. The sublease arrangement through a private intermediary may represent a model for how ICE maintains physical presence in sanctuary states without formal local government cooperation.

Sources

• ICE.gov: Medford OR field office
• Info4PublicUse: Mass Surveillance and ICE Backdoors in Southern Oregon (Jun 2025)
• The Intercept: Feds Kept Local Sheriff in Dark About ICE Role in Cannabis Raid (Nov 2025)

Cross-References

• See also: jackson-county-or-cannabis-raid-ice-pretext — raids staged from this facility
• See also: southern-oregon-ice-surveillance-network — surveillance infrastructure connected to this office