Trump Administration

The owner of the Alsi Resort Hotel in Bayshore has agreed not to sign a contract to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after an hour-long negotiation Thursday with the Waldport city manager.

Local governments in Oregon have struggled with the extent to which they should resist or comply with increasingly aggressive federal immigration policy, but one town took a different approach.

Paulino Martin San Pedro’s family spoke about his deportation and increased ICE enforcement around Washington County.

The multi-state lawsuit marks Rayfield’s 48th lawsuit against the federal government

Newport residents unite after the Coast Guard helicopter vanishes and ICE detention rumors grow, raising safety fears for crabbers and immigrant families.

Higher education advocates say the compact equates to a loyalty oath and infringes on the academic freedoms that are inherent to many universities’ missions.

Earlier on Wednesday, Gov. Tina Kotek announced the Oregon guard troops would be demobilized. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals put that on pause just over an hour later.

Hundreds of community members showed up Wednesday evening for a special meeting of the Newport City Council to offer public comment on the potential new ICE facility to be located at the Newport Municipal Airport.

It’s the latest sign U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning a major new facility in Newport on the Oregon Coast.

A letter to the City of Newport last week suggested that unspecified federal operations are planned for December.

People in Oregon who receive SNAP food assistance will receive 100% of their November benefits on Friday, Gov. Tina Kotek announced.

The Trump administration is making unprecedented demands of colleges in the Northwest and across the country.