Civil Rights
Federal officials say they're reviewing the arrest of a man by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Oregon this week.
The arrest, captured on video and posted to social media, shows four ICE agents detaining Carlos Bolanos inside a home reportedly near Beaverton.
Oregon lawmakers are demanding answers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, after ICE agents appear to have illegally entred into a home to detain a man, who was released hours later.
The incident occurred Thursday afternoon as George Cardenas and Carlos Bolanos were working on renovating a house. Three ICE agents entered the home looking for Bolanos while Cardenas filmed the entire incident.
Two senators and, a congresswoman and a congressman issued statements Friday demanding action in the wake of the arrest of Carlos Bolanos.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D), Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D) and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D) all want to know how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will respond to a video, taken by George Cardenas, showing plainclothes officers arresting Bolanos in a Portland home without a warrant or consent to enter.
U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer sent a letter to U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement acting director Thomas Homan Friday to demand an explanation for recent actions taken by ICE agents that some critics have said violate the law.
The ACLU of Oregon filed a Freedom of Information Act request last week with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal law enforcement agency that governs border control.
The request comes on the heels of the ICE's attempt to detain Isidro Andrade-Tafolla, 46, and his wife on Sept. 18.
Two plainclothes immigration officers didn't racially profile a Latino man when they mistook him for a criminal suspect last month near the Washington County Courthouse, an ICE official says.
The officers identified themselves as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during the encounter and never tried to detain the man, said ICE Acting Field Office Director Elizabeth Godfrey of Portland.
Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici says she had not received any response from immigration officials after she and other federal lawmakers demanded an investigation into an incident in Hillsboro last month.
Six members of Congress said Tuesday they want an update from NCAA president Mark Emmert on the progress of a 2016 "pledge" to diversify the college coaching and administrative hiring pools.
Last year the NCAA asked college presidents to sign a pledge to address college athletics' diversity challenges.