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Civil Rights

December 16, 2025
We write to request a full and detailed description of any plans to open or expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities in Oregon.
Issues:Civil Rights

December 3, 2025
The Trump administration’s egregious immigration enforcement tactics have put people who are legally participating in immigration proceedings at risk of detainment and arrest when they show up at court.
Issues:Civil Rights

November 7, 2025
Victor Cruz is an upstanding member of the Hillsboro community who never should have been detained by ICE
Issues:Civil Rights

October 22, 2025
Ms. Merlos holds U-Deferred Action status, a valid work permit through 2029, and has not been charged with a crime.
Issues:Civil Rights

October 9, 2025
We received conflicting information from ICE staff, and we remain extremely concerned about civil and human rights violations occurring at the facility.
Issues:Civil Rights

August 14, 2025
Statements

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley along with U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, Andrea Salinas, Janelle Bynum and Maxine Dexter today issued the following statement on antisemitism and hate in response to recent hateful acts in Oregon.

Issues:Civil Rights

July 22, 2025
Oregonians remember the last time Donald Trump deployed unidentified federal officers to Portland.
Issues:Civil Rights

July 16, 2025

Donald Trump mobilized a record-number of Americans across voting blocs in 2024. Now, Trump 2.0 appears to be galvanizing an equally impressive opposition. Constituent engagement with the congressional office of Rep. Suzanne Bonamici in the form of calls, emails and letters has increased two to threefold since the days of Joe Biden.


July 2, 2025

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, an Oregon Democrat, met with a dozen providers of victims’ services, saying she is “extremely concerned” about numerous cuts on the federal level that are or will be filtering down to Oregon.


June 30, 2025

More than a dozen organizations that provide help to hundreds of people sounded the alarm Monday that services for domestic violence survivors in Oregon are about to be drastically cut.

Bonamici understands the issues and the need for funding. She vowed to do what she can to keep the money coming.

“Sometimes people think there isn’t anything that’s bipartisan. There’s a bill with more than 200 bipartisan co-sponsors and I’m going to do everything I can to get that through,” Bonamici said.