Oregon Issues and News

'Anti-Sanctuary' Legislation Brewing in Oregon

Corinne Boyer

EugeneWeekly.com

2017-03-16

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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

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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...

Oregon’s Quest for Secure Driver’s Licenses

Rep. Mike Nearman

Oregon Catalyst

2017-03-04

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fraud, enforcement, Homeland Security, driver's license, illegal aliens, Oregon Legislature

For over a decade, we’ve been engaged in a battle for a secure driver’s license in Oregon. Much of the drama has been self-inflicted and it’s about time we get with the program and move on.

It started in 2005 when Congress passed, and President Bush signed the Real ID act, which calls for a more secure driver’s license. We don’t have a national ID card, so state-issued driver’s licenses are accepted by the federal government as identification when boarding a plane or entering a federal building.

States have different standards, and so Congress, in response to the 9/11...

Undocumented immigrants living locally face fears of deportation

Alisha Roemeling

The Register-Guard

2017-02-23

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border, Mexico, jobs, ICE, illegal aliens, national legislation

Residents living in the Eugene area said Wednesday that they are nervous after Tuesday’s announcement that federal immigration authorities will begin aggressively locating, arresting and deporting people who are in the country illegally, regardless of whether they’re otherwise law-abiding.

Rose Richeson, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement public affairs officer for the Pacific Northwest, said Wednesday that ICE agents no longer will make deportation exceptions for any “class or category of removable aliens.”

“All of those in violation of immigration law may be...

Brown: Extend Medicaid to more than 17,000 kids

Bipartisan measure would cost $55M over 2 years

Tara Bannow

The Observer

2017-02-21

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economy, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, taxes, Oregon legislation, Oregon Legislature

SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown spoke Monday in support of a bipartisan proposal to expand Medicaid coverage to the more than 17,000 children currently ineligible due to their immigration status.

Brown — whose two-year budget included the estimated $55 million the coverage is expected to cost — is joined in her support for the measure by nearly 40 advocacy groups, health care providers and unions.

“It is our duty to ensure that our youngest Oregonians have the tools to grow into healthy adults, with access to education, health care and a bright future,” Brown said during a meeting...

Plan to provide free health care to unauthorized immigrant kids in Oregon draws praise, criticism

Gov. Brown’s concept would cost $55 million in coming biennium, adding 17,600 children to Medicaid rolls

Saul Hubbard

The Register Guard

2017-02-21

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illegal immigration, taxes, Oregon legislation, Oregon Legislature

SALEM — When an errant baseball hit her in the face years ago, Fatima Preciado’s lip split. Soon, the 8-year-old’s cut became infected.

Preciado’s mother tried to clean the cut with rubbing alcohol and heal it with ointments, but never took her to a doctor. Without health insurance, those types of “house remedies” were often the only medical treatment her family could turn to, Preciado said.

Norma Baltazar says she struggled for years to get dental health care for her young son, Raul. Finally, when a molar in the back of his mouth grew too painful, she rushed him to the...

Bill would provide health care for all kids

Natalie Pate

Statesman Journal

2017-02-20

Tags:

economy, cost, illegal aliens, tuition, Oregon legislation

More than 17,000 children are currently excluded from the Oregon Health Plan because of their residency status.

To address this, Governor Kate Brown testified Monday before the House Committee on Health Care in support of a bill known as “Cover All Kids.” If passed, House Bill 2726 would extend health care coverage through the Oregon Health Plan to all Oregon children, expanding legislation passed in 2012.

"It is our duty to ensure that our youngest Oregonians have the tools to grow into healthy adults with access to education, health care, and a bright future," Brown...

Oregon lawmakers push to repeal sanctuary state designation, make English official language

Gordon R. Friedman

OregonLive.com

2017-02-15

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jobs, voter registration, enforcement, E-Verify, English, Oregon Legislature

...Gov. Kate Brown, Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson, D-Portland, and House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland -- have all said they would not allow legislation rescinding Oregon's sanctuary state designation to progress. On the contrary, Brown has signed an executive order strengthening Oregon's laws shielding undocumented immigrants and ...

Williamson said in a statement Wednesday that she's "appalled" House Republicans would consider repealing the state's sanctuary designation.

"Oregon is better than this," she said...

License to discriminate?

The law was supposed to make Oregon compliant with the Feds. It failed.

Kate Willson and John Schrag

PortlandTribune

2017-02-14

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jobs, election, driver's license, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation, Oregon, OFIR

Many discussions about unequal justice in the United States focus on the disproportionate number of African Americans — particularly young black men — who end up in our jails and prisons. Our review of 5.5 million state court records showed that same pattern in Oregon. But another set of data also jumped out: a spike in driving violations among Latino drivers.

Our search into the cause of that disparity lead us back to 2001, when two men — Bob Terry and Jim Ludwick — were on opposite sides of an old argument that had taken a dramatic turn.

This week we explore a...

Reminder: Sheriff aids ICE deportation effort

Zane Sparling

Outlook

2017-02-07

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crime, enforcement, ICE, illegal aliens, taxes

Multnomah County law agency trades conviction records for cash subsidies

In the past week, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office has loudly emphasized what it doesn't do to help federal jailers apprehend undocumented immigrants.

But the law enforcement agency does help the national government deport foreign nationals who are convicted in the criminal justice system. Prisoners qualify for one program after one felony or two misdemeanors.

MCSO provides inmate information, including names and sentencing records, as part of a U.S. program intended to subsidize the cost of...

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