Sanctuary state repeal initiative makes November ballot
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The Oregonian
Article date:
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
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Oregon Issues
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A ballot measure to repeal Oregon's sanctuary state status will go before voters in November, the Secretary of State's office confirmed Tuesday.
Initiative Petition 22 garnered 97,762 valid signatures, safely above the 88,184 needed to qualify for the Nov. 6 election.
If passed, the ballot measure would undo a 1987 law that prohibits the use of state and local law enforcement resources to enforce federal immigration standard.
Groups in support of Initiative Petition 22, such as Oregonians for Immigration Reform and Stop Oregon Sanctuaries, helped gather and submit 111,039 signatures by the July 6 deadline. The Federation for American Immigration Reform, a national organization, also backed the campaign.
Both Oregonians for Immigration Reform and the Federation for American Immigration Reform are listed as anti-immigrant hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center....
Learn more about the widely discredited Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC):
The SPLC File - An Exclusive Report on the Southern Poverty Law Center, The Social Contract, June 7, 2018.
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