Civil Rights
Oregon programs supporting older adults and people with disabilities will receive more than $12 million from the Department of Health and Human Services to aid their coronavirus response.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Here is the latest information from April 22, 2020, in Oregon and Southwest Washington in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic: No new deaths in Oregon.
Last week, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in giving final approval to a five-year renewal of the programs and services of the Older Americans Act (OAA). This represented a strong bipartisan reaffirmation of the value of the law to maintaining the independence of people 60 and older. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the legislation soon.
A push for a federal conversation about reparations for slavery in America is receiving unprecedented support in Congress.
Now sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), the resolution currently has the support of 125 co-sponsors in the House. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici signed on in April, and Rep. Earl Blumenauer in May.
A father who had just put his two children on a school bus was arrested last week by Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents near Portland, officials said.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, has proposed legislation that would limit ICE enforcement actions at locations deemed sensitive, such as school buses and school bus stops.
School officials in Tigard-Tualatin School District say they're reaching out to legislators after the father of two students was arrested by federal immigration agents at a school bus stop last week.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici has pledged her support for immigrants and asylum seekers, who have been political targets of Donald Trump during the three years of his presidency.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon's 1st congressional district representative, which includes Columbia County, travels to Texas, Mexico to observe effect of Trump administration policies.