Oregon Issues and News

Oregon Lawmakers Aim to Increase Protections of Immigrants

Andrew Selsky

U.S. News

2017-05-31

Tags:

economy, jobs, enforcement, ICE, Oregon legislation, Oregon Legislature

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Public bodies in Oregon would be prohibited from disclosing a person's immigration status and details like addresses, except when required by law, under a bill filed Wednesday in the Legislature.

Teresa Alonso Leon, a Democrat from Woodburn, and Diego Hernandez, a Democrat from Portland filed the bill in the House as immigration enforcement increases under President Donald Trump...

....The bill said that, "except as required by state or federal law," a public body may not disclose for the purpose of immigration enforcement, a person's address, workplace or...

'Sanctuary city' resolution on the agenda for Tualatin City Council's next meeting

Mark Miller

TheTimes

2017-05-17

Tags:

enforcement, ICE, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

The council heard from several residents last week who urged it to declare Tualatin a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants. The statement would be mostly a symbolic gesture.

Tualatin could become a self-declared "sanctuary city" as soon as Monday, May 22, if its City Council votes to adopt a resolution slated for discussion on the meeting agenda.

The City Council heard from two students and two staff members at Tualatin High School last Monday, May 8, who asked the council to adopt a resolution similar to those passed in Beaverton and Hillsboro earlier this year. Although...

Deportation arrests rise in Rockwood, Latinos say

Zane Sparling

Outlook

2017-05-16

Tags:

crime, enforcement, ICE, illegal aliens, Oregon, Oregon Legislature

Breaking a trend, ICE office reports 129 arrests in March.

Deportation agents are stepping up arrests in the Rockwood neighborhood, according to a prominent nonprofit leader in the Latino community.

"What we call the Rockwood area — maybe the David Douglas (School District) — it's always been a no man's land," said community organizer Francisco Lopez. "Nobody pays attention to the area, except ICE."

Lopez heads Voz Hispana Cambio Comunitario, which runs citizenship classes and has organized several marches against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known...

Once celebrated, special driver's licenses stir anxiety among immigrants in California

The Associated Press

The Oregonian

2017-04-23

Tags:

election, driver's license, illegal aliens, Oregon

AUBURN, Calif. -- Leticia Aceves remembers the fear of her first drive alone.

... in the country illegally with no driver's license, and little grasp of English or California's traffic laws...

"I was shaking all the way from my house... Aceves said.

Two years ago, driving got less stressful for Aceves and 850,000 other Californians who received driver's licenses under a state law meant to help immigrants living in the country illegally become more integrated into society.

Over the past decade, California has taken several steps to bring immigrants...

Pendleton City Council declines sanctuary city status

Antonio Sierra

East Oregonian

2017-04-18

Tags:

election, enforcement, ICE, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon

The City Council took no action on the mostly symbolic measure of making Pendleton a sanctuary city.

At a Tuesday meeting, city resident Shaindel Beers asked the council to declare Pendleton a sanctuary city by adopting an American Civil Liberties Union-endorsed list of nine policies and rules that limited local police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

Beers’ request only drew public support from city councilor Scott Fairley, whose motion to adopt the policies died from a lack of a second.

In her presentation, Beers said that although Oregon is already...

Legislation could prevent some deportations of legal immigrants

The proposal is in an amendment to Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s bill to discourage racial profiling

The Daily Astorian

2017-04-12

Tags:

crime, drugs, enforcement, immigration, Oregon legislation, Oregon

SALEM — State lawmakers are considering a change to sentencing law that could help prevent the mandatory federal deportation of legal immigrants convicted of gross misdemeanors.

The proposal is in an amendment to Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s bill:[HB 2355] to discourage racial profiling.

The change would reduce the maximum sentence for a Class A misdemeanor from 365 days to 364 days. A 365-day sentence is one of several triggers for mandatory federal deportation of green card holders, refugees and other legal noncitizens. Other triggers are violent crimes and felonies...

Lewis & Clark students, faculty push back against controversial speaker as protest continues

Eder Campuzano

The Oregonian

2017-04-11

Tags:

crime, jobs, enforcement, ICE, illegal immigration

When student organizers invited Jessica Vaughan to speak at Lewis & Clark College's International Affairs Symposium, they knew there would be pushback.

The policy director for the right-wing Center for Immigration Studies, recently designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, repeatedly told the audience gathered inside the Agnes Flanagan Chapel that she's not against refugees seeking asylum in the U.S.

"Then how can you explain your Twitter feed?" a professor asked during the Q&A section of the panel discussion Vaughan shared with Galya Ruffer, ...

OFIR to host CIS policy director on heels of hate group designation

Lauren E Hernandez

Statesman Journal

2017-04-04

Tags:

terrorism, enforcement, ICE, deferred action, illegal aliens, Congress, OFIR

Oregonians for Immigration Reform, an organization that calls for an end to illegal immigration, will host the Center for Immigration Studies policy director in its general membership meeting this Saturday.

Jessica Vaughan will discuss sanctuary policies that are being developed in the face of President Donald Trump's immigration orders, and the implications of those orders, which has included targeted deportations of undocumented immigrants in Oregon.

Vaughan's speaking engagement comes a little over a month after the Southern Poverty Law Center designated the Center for...

'Anti-Sanctuary' Legislation Brewing in Oregon

Corinne Boyer

EugeneWeekly.com

2017-03-16

Tags:

crime, election, enforcement, ICE, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

House Bill 2921 would repeal Oregon’s sanctuary state law and mandate that Oregon law enforcement agencies assist in federal immigration enforcement. The bill would also prohibit cities and counties from establishing sanctuary protections.

But Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican from Independence, who is one of the bill’s chief sponsors, says he doesn’t expect HB 2921 to receive a hearing, instead Nearing is working on a petition to make the repeal a ballot measure to put before the voters in 2018.

Nearman says he doesn’t like that the state’s sanctuary law prohibits Oregon law...

Oregon judge accused of helping illegal immigrant escape under investigation

Dan Springer

Fox News

2017-03-06

Tags:

crime, fraud, enforcement, ICE, illegal aliens, judiciary

An Oregon judge is being investigated for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in January, by letting the DWI suspect slip out through her own private entrance.

The Jan. 27 incident could land Judge Monica Herranz in serious trouble if she is shown to have helped Diddier Pacheco, 22, escape her Multnomah County courtroom as federal agents waited outside to deport him.

“This individual was allowed to leave that courtroom through a doorway that is not a public doorway, and which ultimately led to his ability to leave the...

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