Immigrants

The Trump administration has invoked a “state secrets privilege” and refused to give a federal judge any additional information about the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador — a case that has become a flashpoint amid escalating tension with the federal courts

Opponents worried that the resolution would have put an ‘unnecessary target’ on the district’s back and jeopardized federal funding.

Colleges and universities are no longer protected from immigration raids, and Oregon’s higher education institutions are preparing for the worst.

The governor said his administration “will do everything we can possibly do to address those significant harms” tied to President Trump’s immigration policies.

Senate Bill 611 would establish the Food for All Oregonians program, with the goal of helping people who can’t get federal food assistance through SNAP because of their immigration status.

The goal is to protect health care access for Dreamers who came to the U.S. with their families illegally as children and became eligible for coverage under a Biden administration rule expected to end when Trump takes office. 

Oregon’s largest school district wants to affirm the rights of undocumented students and its protocols for dealing with customs enforcement access at schools.

Immigration advocates consider children the most vulnerable migrants in the country. But most of the unaccompanied minors who have settled in the Pacific Northwest in recent years have no access to legal representation, leaving them on their own to navigate a system seeking to deport them.

Lawsuit claims Southern Oregon forestry companies failing foreign workers. A former worker has sued several Rogue Valley forestry companies, claiming they didn’t provide adequate training or medical care.

We hear from Kien Truong, chair of the Young Democrats of Oregon Caucus, who is attending the Democratic National Convention as a delegate from Oregon's 3rd Congressional District.