A Port of Astoria staff report offers new details about how federal immigration officers gained access to a gated section of Pier 1 during a June 7 operation that led to two people being detained and raised questions about compliance with Oregon’s sanctuary law. The report, written by port facility security officer and authority chief Matt Hansen, says a gate guard told him that multiple U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrived at the pier shortly after 10 a.m. The guard said he did not let them through the gate and called the port patrolman on duty. The officers told the patrolman they were being followed and asked to enter the secured area for safety reasons, according to Hansen’s report. The patrolman allowed them in. Six vehicles went behind the gate, where officers remained for more than an hour. Hansen wrote that he learned of the officers’ presence around 12:46 p.m. The patrolman told him he was trying to keep port tenants, members of a U.S. Navy crew docked at the pier, the public and port staff safe. Five to seven people came to observe the operation, the report says. They were allowed in public areas but denied access to the gated section. The patrolman said the observers caused no problems, though one was warned that ICE officers might arrest someone they believed was interfering. People at the scene previously said they saw officers move two detained men between vehicles at the pier. Port Executive Director Will Isom said in a statement that no one was detained on port property and that the people involved had been detained before arriving. He also said the port had no advance knowledge of or role in planning the operation. The report says ICE vehicles began leaving around noon. Hansen’s review of video footage found that at least four vehicles and one pedestrian followed them off port property. The Department of Homeland Security previously described the officers as having been surrounded by a larger group. Video reviewed by local reporters showed only a few people on a nearby sidewalk as a woman approached an ICE vehicle. The woman said she feared an officer was about to pepper-spray her and pressed herself against the vehicle; an officer sprayed her as the vehicles drove away. The Oregon Department of Justice is examining the incident. A department spokesperson said the state had not received a response from the port to its inquiry, while Isom said the port had cooperated with requests for information. Port officials have generally declined to discuss the matter publicly while the inquiry is underway. The incident has renewed scrutiny of how public agencies respond when federal immigration officers seek access to public property. Oregon’s sanctuary law limits state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement, and advocates argue the port should clarify whether its response complied with the law. The report does not resolve that question. Jenny Pool Radway, executive director of Astoria nonprofit Consejo Hispano, has called for the port to issue a clear public explanation after the state inquiry concludes, train staff on sanctuary-law requirements and civil rights, and establish communication with immigrant-rights groups and affected community members. She said community members feel port leadership has avoided accountability. Port Commission President Dirk Rohne has defended staff, saying he believes they acted appropriately and that sanctuary law limits their ability to interfere with federal agents. One of the two people detained, Gerardo Sanchez Lopez, has since been released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and returned to Clatsop County, according to the report. Sanchez Lopez, who came to the United States as a teenager and operates several local businesses, was detained while officers were searching for another person, federal officials said. He is expected to check in with immigration authorities again in several months, a person close to him said.