January 16, 2026

U.S. Border Patrol detained Gresham, Oregon family, including 7-year-old, in Portland hospital parking lot; held past Flores limit

U.S. Border Patrol agents detained Darianny Liseth González de Crespo, her husband Yohendry de Jesús Crespo, and their 7-year-old daughter Diana in the parking lot of Adventist Health Portland on January 16, 2026, while the Gresham, Oregon family sought emergency care for the child's persistent nosebleed. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on the record that Border Patrol agents made the detention; the family was driven to Washington state and flown to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, where they were held together for 21 days -- one day past the 20-day limit on detaining children set by the 1997 Flores Agreement.

Jurisdiction: Federal
Location: Portland, Oregon

Abuses documented

Actors

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

On January 16, 2026, U.S. Border Patrol agents detained Yohendry de Jesús Crespo, his wife Darianny Liseth González de Crespo, and their 7-year-old daughter Diana in the parking lot of Adventist Health Portland's emergency room in Southeast Portland, where the Gresham, Oregon family had brought the child for a persistent nosebleed. A family friend told KPTV/FOX 12 that unmarked vehicles surrounded the building and agents took the family into custody before they could see a doctor; a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson later confirmed on the record that Border Patrol agents made the detention. The family was driven by van to Washington state and flown to Texas, where ICE's detainee locator showed the parents held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, part of the South Texas Family Residential Center.

DHS said the family had entered the country in 2024 through the CBP One appointment app and were released into the country by the Biden administration; the family friend said the Crespo-González family had a pending asylum case with a 2028 court date and had never missed a check-in. Adventist Health said no law enforcement agency had contacted or coordinated with it before the detention. State Rep. Ricki Ruiz, who represents Gresham, said federal "sensitive locations" policy has historically kept immigration enforcement away from hospitals, schools, and houses of worship.

Under the 1997 Flores Agreement, the government may not detain a child for more than 20 days. The family's confinement continued past that limit, reaching a 21st day on February 6, 2026.

Updates

2026-02-06 — Family released after Rep. Dexter's oversight visit secured their return [1]

U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Ore., who represents the family, traveled to the Dilley facility on an oversight visit but was initially denied entry; she returned the next day and secured the family's release, citing the Flores Agreement's 20-day limit on detaining children. Dexter escorted the family back to Portland and said in a statement, "Detention of children and families is immoral. End family detention. Defund and dismantle ICE."

Why we recorded this

The 1997 Flores Agreement caps immigration detention of children at 20 days precisely because prolonged confinement harms them, and the government's authority to detain families is not unlimited. Border Patrol detained the Crespo-González family, including their 7-year-old daughter, outside a Portland hospital where they had brought her for emergency care, then held the child at a Texas family detention center for 21 days -- one day past that limit -- before releasing them only after a member of Congress intervened. This archive records the detention because it shows the codified limit on child detention holding only as far as outside oversight forces it, not as a constraint the agency observed on its own.

Sources

Family detained by agents in Portland hospital parking lot released from detention — Oregon Capital Chronicle primary accessed August 19, 2026
Gresham family detained by federal agents while seeking medical care for child — KPTV (FOX 12 Oregon) primary accessed August 19, 2026