immigration

During the first Trump administration, immigration enforcement sowed chaos across the Pacific Northwest, spurring legal challenges and fear. Legal experts and immigrant communities expect that to happen once more when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January should he follow through on his campaign promise to crack down on immigration.

The state’s sanctuary law, which was strengthened after Trump’s first term, prohibits state and local police in Oregon from enforcing federal immigration law

A pair of Republican lawmakers say they’ll attempt to roll back some of Oregon’s sanctuary protections next year, as the party signals it will highlight border security in this year’s election.

Senate Bill 610 would create a program mirroring SNAP benefits for those who can't apply for the federal assistance. It's been approved by the Oregon Senate's Human Services Committee.

Program Date: Oct. 15, 2021Air Date: Oct. 18, 2021From The City Club of Eugene:Since 1990, the population of foreign-born Oregon residents has grown 42%,…

Recorded interviews from immigrants across the state are now available on the Oregon Historical Society’s digital archive. The collection comes from the…

Dozens of protesters showed up outside the Eugene Federal Courthouse on Saturday in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. This comes…

The coronavirus pandemic meant that for the first time in more than a decade, immigrants’ rights groups did not hold a rally in front of the Oregon…

Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration has made many changes that impact immigrants. For one, US citizens who are spouses of immigrants are…

A program that offers free attorneys for immigrants at risk of deportation in Oregon is now available statewide. It’s called “Equity Corps,” and for the…

A Close the Camps rally was held in downtown Eugene on Tuesday as part of a national protest of the U.S. policy of detaining migrant children.A crowd of…

Both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have passed emergency spending bills to aid the ongoing humanitarian crises at the U.S.-Mexico Border.…