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Advocates Denounce Portland Police Deploying Explosive Devices at Antifascist Protesters

“The police have made it very clear where their allegiances lie,” says DSA co-chair Olivia Katbi Smith.

Portland Advocates Mistook Gresham Police For Federal Immigration Agents

“Considering all the fears and concerns that exist with ICE, we encourage and expect that local law enforcement act with greater sensitivity,” says Bobbin Singh, executive director at the Oregon Justice Resource Center.

ACLU Sends Legal Observers After Reports That Plainclothes Immigration Agents Detained A Woman Outside the Multnomah County Courthouse

ICE has said that courthouse arrests allow agents to safely apprehend undocumented immigrants when they have not otherwise been able to locate individuals the agency is targeting for deportation.

Quoting Trump’s Tweets, A Federal Judge Orders ICE and Prison Officials To Follow the Law And Provide Immigration Detainees Access to Lawyers

“We are a nation under law, the rule of law is one of our most cherished values.”

ACLU of Oregon Sues to Force ICE to Let Immigrant Men Access Lawyers at Oregon Prison

A similar lawsuit in California led a judge to issue a restraining order against federal government officials.

Local Advocates: Immigrant Fathers Separated From Their Children and Held in Oregon Prison Are Being Denied Access to Lawyers

“Their detention in a federal prison is unjust, the forcible separation from their children is immoral, and their isolation from counsel and community is unfair.”

Oregon High School Principal and Resource Officer Fired For Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination, Including Telling Gay Students They Were Going to Hell

North Bend High School is on watch after accounts of repeated discrimination against LGBTQ students were made public earlier this month.

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