Oregon’s sanctuary law for immigration is simple on paper. It says no law enforcement agency can use its money, equipment or personnel for the purpose of detecting or apprehending people whose only violation is being in the country unlawfully.Read More
Immigration and Customs Enforcement often asks local jails to hold undocumented people until federal agents can pick them up. Most sheriffs cooperate, but some have taken a stand against the request.Read More
A group seeking to repeal an Oregon law on immigration says it will have to toss about 8,000 petition signatures. But the group's leader says that won’t deter them from moving forward with putting a measure on the November ballot that would overturn Oregon’s sanctuary law. The statute essentially prohibits local police from helping enforce federal immigration law.Read More
The red-blue divide on immigration is on prominent display in the Northwest Monday. The state attorneys general of Washington state and Oregon are denouncing the Trump administration for its order limiting travel […]Read More