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Jail sued over holding immigration detainees

Neita Cecil

The Dalles Chronicle

2017-07-25

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crime, enforcement, ICE, illegal immigration, Oregon legislation, President

A lawsuit was filed Friday, July 21, in Wasco County Circuit Court claiming the regional jail is violating state law by holding immigration detainees.

The lawsuit, filed by the Oregon Law Center in Portland on behalf of four Wasco County residents, asks the court to stop the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facilities (NORCOR) from holding the detainees.

The four plaintiffs in the suit are Brian Stovall, John Olmstead, Connie Krummrich and Karen Brown.

A 1987 state law prohibits the use of state or local...

As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers race to replace workers with robots

Geoffrey Mohan

Los Angeles Times

2017-07-22

Tags:

jobs, agriculture, illegal aliens

Driscoll’s is so secretive about its robotic strawberry picker it won’t let photographers within telephoto range of it.

But if you do get a peek, you won’t see anything humanoid or space-aged. AgroBot is still more John Deere than C-3PO...

Now, the $47-billion agriculture industry is trying to bring technological innovation up to warp speed before it runs out of low-wage immigrant workers.

California will have to remake its fields like it did its factories, with more machines and better-educated workers to labor beside them, or risk losing entire crops,...

Oregon legislators push to allow police to enforce immigration laws

Lauren E Hernandez

SJ Statesman Journal

2017-07-20

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crime, drugs, enforcement, ICE, illegal immigration, Oregon legislation

Three Oregon legislators are spearheading an initiative petition that would repeal the Oregon law prohibiting local and state police from enforcing federal immigration laws.

Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Independence, Rep. Sal Esquivel, R-Medford, and Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Pendleton, certified a ballot title with the Elections Division for Initiative Petition 2018-022, which is proposed for the November 6, 2018 General Election.

The trio is hoping voters will support repealing Oregon Statute 181.850 [ORS 181A.820], which states law enforcement agencies may not use agency money,...

ICE chief: 80% jump in illegal targets, readies national 'sanctuary' crackdown

Paul Bedard

Breitbart

2017-07-19

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crime, drugs, drunk driving, fraud, terrorism, enforcement, Homeland Security, ICE, illegal aliens, President

Empowered by a president who has "taken the handcuffs off of law enforcement," the nation's chief immigration official revealed Tuesday that deportation targets have surged and that he's planning to deploy more agents and resources to "sanctuary cities" to arrest illegal criminals.

Thomas D. Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in an interview that since Trump entered office, illegal border crossings have crashed by almost 70 percent, "an historic low," arrests inside the country have jumped 40 percent and that demands for illegal criminals in local...

Lane County commissioners vote to ban use of public funds for federal immigration enforcement

Elon Glucklich

The Register Guard

2017-07-12

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crime, enforcement, ICE, illegal aliens, Oregon

Lane County commissioners voted Tuesday to bar county employees from using public funds to enforce federal immigration laws in most cases.

The five-member board unanimously approved adding new language to the county’s policy manual banning the use of money, equipment or personnel for “detecting or apprehending persons whose only violation of law is that they are persons of foreign citizenship present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws.”

The move is designed to encourage local undocumented immigrants to work with Lane County sheriff’s deputies...

Legislature's 2017 session shows lack of concern for citizenship

2017-07-11

Tags:

illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon Legislature

The Oregon Legislature adjourned Friday afternoon, July 7. But not before taking full advantage of their hefty majorities to further impede enforcement of federal immigration laws, to provide even more tax-funded services to illegal aliens, and to make it much more difficult for citizens to have their views reflected in legislative actions. Informed citizens must find qualified candidates for office, who understand the importance of immigration law enforcement and will work for the best interests of citizens. Volunteering time and/or resources to help with the campaign to elect...

Lane County commissioners weigh protections for local unauthorized immigrants

Elon Glucklich

The Eugene Register Guard

2017-07-09

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jobs, enforcement, ICE, cost, illegal aliens, taxes, Oregon legislation, President

Lane County commissioners on Tuesday could add new language to the county’s policy manual barring county employees from using public funds to enforce federal immigration laws in most cases.

A board order commissioners are scheduled to vote on Tuesday would add a provision to the Lane County Manual, under “foreign citizenship,” banning the use of money, equipment or personnel for “detecting or apprehending persons whose only violation of law is that they are persons of foreign citizenship present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws.”

The language...

ANARCHIC: Criminal aliens shielded by Left's symbolism

Murder victim advocates outraged, fearful

Senator Alan Olsen

Oregon Senate Republicans - Press Release

2017-07-06

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

SALEM, Ore.-Democrats in the Senate today passed a proposal that will force Oregonians to obstruct justice by restraining them from cooperating with law enforcement in dealing with criminals at public schools, public health facilities, courthouses, public shelters and other public facilities.

"This bill is all about the 'undocumented,' and while it serves as a symbol for the Left, it is in reality a shield for criminal aliens to avoid justice," said state Sen. Alan Olsen, R-Canby. "Democrats have used the politics of fear to ignite division and they have stoked fear in the hearts of...

Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report June 2017

Data Compiled By David Olen Cross

2017-07-05

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crime, drugs, drunk driving, fraud, enforcement, ICE, illegal aliens, taxes, Oregon Legislature

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) June 1, 2017 Inmate Population Profile indicated there were 14,708 inmates incarcerated in the DOC’s 14 prisons.

Data obtained from the DOC indicated that on June 1st there were 981 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the state’s prison system; approximately one in every fifteen prisoners incarcerated by the state was a criminal alien, 6.67 percent of the total prison population.

Some background information, all 981 criminal aliens currently incarcerated in the DOC prison system were identified by U.S. Immigration...

Consulate of Mexico visits Ontario, seeks to support Mexican nationals

Tanya Bañuelos

The Argus Observer

2017-07-04

Tags:

border, Mexico, economy, jobs, enforcement, illegal immigration, illegal aliens

ONTARIO — The Consulate of Mexico in Boise visited Four Rivers Cultural Center, Saturday, to support Mexican nationals in obtaining documentation, counseling as well as additional information.

About 70 Mexican nationals attended the one-day event to obtain a passport, Consular ID, voting ID or birth certificates.

The mobile consulate offers Mexican nationals the chance to obtain documentation from their country within a couple of hours that otherwise may have taken weeks to receive, Claudia Espinosa, a representative of the protection affairs department with the Consulate,...

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