Oregon Issues and News

Sen. Wyden and state representatives pledge to protect undocumented immigrants at Oregon capitol

Andrew Field

Daily Emerald

2017-01-16

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jobs, enforcement, deferred action, illegal aliens, Congress, Oregon Legislature, President

Around 600 Oregon protesters rallied around the state capitol in Salem on Jan. 14, showing support for elected representatives and organizers vowing to protect undocumented immigrants and their families.

Residents from across Oregon filled the Oregon State Capitol fountain grounds at 2:00 p.m. They cheered to speeches from U.S. Senator Wyden, state and district representatives, along with immigrant’s rights advocates. The leaders expressed defiance to President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises, which includes to overturn Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and...

Activists plan march in Hillsboro

March and rally will begin at Shute Park on Feb. 7 and continue on to the Hillsboro Civic Center.

Travis Loose

HillsboroTribune

2017-01-16

Washington County activist groups are rallying others to join a march on Hillsboro's Civic Center.

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, WashCo Solidarity, the Student Movement, Voz Hispana, and Milenio will "rally and march to demand Hillsboro City Council pass our resolution to make Hillsboro a 'sanctuary city,' as Beaverton already has," WashCo Solidarity told the Tribune in an email on Friday.

Beginning at Shute Park at 5 p.m., the marchers will trek to the Civic Center, 150 E. Main St., to make their demands during the city council meeting where the council is expected to make its...

Oregon Illegal Immigrants to Protest Ahead of Trump Inauguration

John Binder

Breitbart Texas

2017-01-14

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election, enforcement, ICE, deferred action, illegal aliens, Congress, President

Hundreds of illegal immigrants living in Oregon are expected to protest at the State Capitol against expected tighter immigration enforcement under President-Elect Donald Trump, just days before his Inaugural Address.

Over 500 Oregon residents and illegal immigrants are expected to attend the event, according to the Portland Tribune. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) will also be in attendance at the rally.

The open borders organization One Oregon asked residents to “denounce Trump’s agenda of hate and exclusion” by joining the protest.

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Salem Immigrant Rights Rally to denounce Trump agenda

Corinne Boyer

EugeneWeekly.com

2017-01-12

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jobs, enforcement, illegal immigration, deferred action, driver's license, illegal aliens, Oregon Legislature, President

Multiple nonprofits, including unions and immigrants rights groups, are traveling to Salem on Jan. 14 to participate in the United for Immigrants Rights Rally. Set a week prior to the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration...

Phil Carrasco with Grupo Latino de Accíon Directa is orchestrating a trip from Eugene to Salem...

“We do believe that a lot of these policies being proposed are really based in hate and funded by hate groups and xenophobic groups.” And, he says, they also believe that the right to be in this country and walk freely is an exclusive privilege.

Carrasco...

Hundreds expected at rally against Trump's immigration proposals

Paris Achen/Capital Bureau

PortlandTribune

2017-01-11

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jobs, E-Verify, illegal immigration, deferred action, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation, Oregon Legislature, President

SALEM — A pro-immigrant rally set for Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Oregon Capitol could draw several hundred demonstrators opposed to President-elect Donald Trump's positions on immigration.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader and several state lawmakers are scheduled to participate in the rally from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the steps of the Capitol.

As of Wednesday, Jan. 11, more than 500 people had indicated they plan to attend and 2,000 had expressed interest on the event's Facebook page.

The rally is one of 50 "National Day of Action Events Against Trump...

Council postpones sanctuary city vote

Travis Loose

Hillsboro Tribune

2017-01-05

Tags:

election, growth, enforcement, illegal aliens, Oregon

A long line of public speakers gave testimonials for why the designation is needed

The Hillsboro City Council has decided to stall a decision on whether to declare itself a sanctuary city until after the new mayor and councilors get sworn in.

In a standing-room-only Civic Center auditorium Tuesday night, council members could not reach a decision whether to designate the city a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.

The decision would have been the last of outgoing City Councilor Olga Acuna, who requested the vote after advocates begged the city to strengthen its...

True test for sanctuary yet to come

Anibal Ortiz

CORVALLIS Gazette-Times

2017-01-05

Tags:

election, enforcement, illegal aliens, Congress, President

Some of the dust has started to settle from the rush late last year for various local entities to declare their jurisdictions as sanctuaries.

In short order after the election of Donald Trump, Oregon State University, Benton County, the city of Corvallis and the Corvallis School District all adopted resolutions or issued statements in which they embraced, at least to some extent, the idea that they will not assist with federal government efforts to deport people who are not U.S. citizens.

We don't mean to underestimate the importance of these declarations, especially as they...

PCC's board chair resigned in protest over 'sanctuary college' designation

Andrew Theen

OregonLive.com

2017-01-04

Tags:

election, enforcement, illegal aliens, President

The chairman of Portland Community College's board resigned from his elected position to protest what he called a political decision to classify the school a "sanctuary" for undocumented students.

Gene Pitts, who represented eastern Washington County and Southwest Portland on the board, submitted his resignation letter...

PCC, the state's largest post-secondary institution, had voted to adopt the sanctuary campus label at the urging of its student body, and with the support of first-year president Mark Mitsui.

The board held a special meeting Dec. 20 at its Sylvania...

Esquivel will keep trying to repeal sanctuary law

Damian Mann

Mail Tribune

2016-12-08

Tags:

enforcement, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon Legislature

State Rep. Sal Esquivel said he has hit a temporary roadblock with a ballot initiative that seeks to repeal Oregon's 1987 sanctuary city law that prevents local law enforcement from enforcing federal immigration law. But he says the hurdle won't derail the effort.

After the petition attracted 1,000 signatures to qualify for a draft ballot title, the Oregon Department of Justice decided on Oct. 28 that the petition wasn't clear enough in explaining its purpose to voters.

"We had enough signatures but they wouldn't give us a ballot title," said Esquivel, a Medford Republican...

Potential ballot measure targets Oregon 'sanctuary' immigration law

Conrad Wilson

PortlandTribune

2016-12-06

Tags:

election, enforcement, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

Reps. Mike Nearman and Sal Esquivel want to get the measure on the 2018 ballot.

Two Oregon legislators want to repeal a 1987 statute that prevents police from enforcing federal immigration law.

Right now, law enforcement agencies can't use their resources to apprehend immigrants if their only violation is being in the country illegally. But a potential ballot measure would do away with the long-standing state statute.

"Law enforcement is prohibited from enforcing the law," said Republican Rep. Mike Nearman of Independence.

Nearman, along with Republican Rep....

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