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Portland Ice Cream Shop Fifty Licks Is Raising Money to Help Children Detained at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Portland business Fifty Licks Ice Cream is holding a fundraiser Saturday, July 29 where 50 percent of the sales of cups and cones will be donated to Kids in Need of Defense. The organization helps children like those who’ve been taken from their parents under the Trump administration’s practice of family separation, working to ensure minors don’t appear in immigration court alone and uphold their right to due process.

Portland Mayor: Trump’s Threat to Bus Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities Is “Unconscionable”

Oregon’s 31-year-old state law restricting local coordination with immigration enforcement operations has often frustrated federal immigration officials.

Oregon Joins 16 Other States in Lawsuit to Stop Trump From Declaring National Emergency at Southern Border

Oregon yesterday joined 16 other U.S. states in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump for his attempt to use emergency powers to build a border wall.

Portland Nonprofit Leads Lawsuit Against Trump Administration For Sending Asylum Seekers to Mexico While They Await Immigration Cases

The Innovation Law Lab, along with five other advocacy organizations and 11 affected asylum-seekers, is now suing over what they say is a “violation of the humanitarian protections to which they are entitled under United States and international law.”

Merkley Has Sharp Words for Decision to Repeal Obama-era Regulations on Payday Loan Companies

“Let’s call it for what it is: a payday predator protection plan.”

Conservation Group Sues President Trump For Failing to Recognize Climate Change as Cause of Oregon Shellfish Die-Off

A national conservation group sued the Trump administration today for failing to address ocean acidification in Oregon’s coastal waters.

A Volunteer With Trans Lifeline Talks About Why People Are Scared—and Dialing

Two Sundays ago, Molly Palmer answered nearly a dozen telephone calls—with the calls coming in faster than she’s ever seen. Palmer, 45, is a Portland-based volunteer operator for Trans Lifeline, a peer-to-peer transgender support hotline.

President Donald Trump Reportedly Raged Over Korean Missile Defense System: “Put It In Portland!”

“F*** it, pull it back and put it in Portland!”

Santa Fe Reporter Journalist Reflects On The Trump Administration’s Conspiracy Investigation That Upended His Life and Career

A reporter at WW’s sister paper was arrested while covering the J-20 protest in Washington, D.C. Federal prosecutors recently dropped all the charges against him.

Oregon Joins Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration to Keep Instructions for Making 3-D Printed Guns Off the Internet

“These 3D-gun tutorials create an immediate public safety crisis,” says Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.

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