COMMENTARY | Sanctuary laws protect well-meaning immigrants. They protected my family. On the evening of Saturday, March 3, I visited the Gresham Fred Meyer to pick up some late-night snacks. As I walked up to the doors, I was approached by two canvassers ...
16 Mar 2018 - Jane Doe
Many who say they were lied to about a petition to repeal Oregon’s sanctuary status have had trouble getting their names removed For weeks, signature gatherers working for Ballot Access LLC have been reportedly lying to Portland-area voters, telling them ...
2 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
The state is investigating canvassers working on an initiative to repeal Oregon’s sanctuary status after reports that they are telling voters it would do the opposite As Robin Fisher walked across Portland State University’s campus, heading to class in th ...
16 Feb 2018 - Emily Green
The Seattle-based activist has been a vocal critic of Tacoma's Northwest Detention Center Maru Mora-Villalpando received the notice just before Christmas: a certified letter from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that marked the start of her d ...
2 Feb 2018 - Aaron Burkhalter
The Chinese activist, dissident, artist and exile’s new film, 'Human Flow,' focuses on the people the world would rather forget: refugees In his debut feature, “Human Flow,” Chinese artist Ai Weiwei stylishly documents the greatest migration of ...
15 Dec 2017 - Steven MacKenzie
Silent auction of portraits to benefit organizations working with undocumented immigrants Heldáy de la Cruz came to the U.S. from Jalisco, Mexico, when he was just 2 years old. He learned English at the age of 5. It wasn’t until he was 15 when his undocum ...
24 Nov 2017 - Sarah Hansell
Margarita Reyes Pacheco’s story is one of immigration, family and hard work If cranberries decorate your Thanksgiving table or a Christmas wreath adorns your home, you might have Margarita Reyes Pacheco to thank. She’s a Mexican immigrant farmworker who ...
10 Nov 2017 - Thacher Schmid
Lawsuits, political resistance, immigrant rights and the state’s sanctuary law are forming a perfect storm over the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facilities Charles, the manager of a Hood River restaurant, wants his sous chef back. When Immigratio ...
1 Oct 2017 - Thacher Schmid
Across the state, the repeal of DACA has been denounced by academic, religious and business leaders Cruel, immoral, vindictive, racist, pandering – all words used to describe the White House decision to repeal DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arriv ...
8 Sep 2017 - SR editorial board
Dreamers deserve a path to citizenship, says the congresswoman from Oregon One out of every eight residents in U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici’s District 1 is Latino or Hispanic, making the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program a critica ...
7 Sep 2017 - Joanne Zuhl