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PORTLAND: At least 72 South Asian asylum-seekers are being detained at a federal prison in Oregon after getting caught up in the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy for illegal border-crossers, a US Senator's office said on Wednesday.
The detainees, held at the Sheridan Federal Corrections Institution, include 52 from India, 18 from Nepal and two from Bangladesh.
All of them are single men, who flew into Mexico and crossed the border into the United States, said Sara Hottman, a spokeswoman for US Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat.
s many as 52 immigrants of Indian origin are among the people detained by American authorities in Oregon over allegations of illegal entry in the country, an American politician has disclosed. A total of 123 illegal immigrants are being held at the Sheridan prison in Yamhill county in the U.S. state, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici wrote in her blog.
The Indian embassy in the United States is following up on the issue, and trying to get in touch with the Indian inmates, The Hindu reported, citing an official.
Several people from South Asia, including many Indians, are among those detained by U.S. immigration authorities at a federal prison in Oregon for illegally entering the country.
The Donald Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal immigration has resulted in sweeping enforcement measures such as separation of children from their families.
An Oregon senator has claimed that over 100 undocumented migrants are being held 'in limbo' in a federal prison because other jails have insufficient space.
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - At least 72 South Asian asylum-seekers are being detained at a federal prison in Oregon after getting caught up in the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy for illegal border-crossers, a U.S. Senator's office said on Wednesday.
The detainees, held at the Sheridan Federal Corrections Institution, include 52 from India, 18 from Nepal and two from Bangladesh.
June 20, 2018 4:00 a.m. Four members of the Oregon Congressional Delegation are demanding that federal officials immediately reverse the Trump Administration's zero-tolerance policy that they say has left asylum seekers in federal prisons.
On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley along with Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader and Suzanne Bonamici, made the demand in a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
WASHINGTON - On the heels of a letter Wednesday by Oregon's Democrats in Congress calling for an end to the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, the president's new executive order brought a caustic reaction from Sen. Ron Wyden.
Trump said repeatedly at an Oval Office signing event that his executive order will "keep families together."
But Wyden said, "Locking families in cages together instead of locking children in cages without their parents marks a minor move from total inhumanity to moral bankruptcy."
BEAVERTON, OR - From The Coalition of Communities of Color:The Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) and members of its steering committee gathered with elected leaders Monday for the introduction and release of groundbreaking research into the lived experiences of communities of color in Washington County and the racial inequities they experience across several quality of life indicators.
A group of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, has been held at a detention centre in the US State of Oregon for being part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum, an American lawmaker has said.
The Indians form the largest group of detainees in the total 123 illegal immigrants being held at a facility in Sheridan.
The detention centre was recently visited by a group of Democratic lawmakers from the Oregon State, who later told the media about the alleged inhuman condition of the illegal immigrants. The immigrants are seeking asylum in the US.
Oregon, June 20: At least 52 Indians, mostly Sikh, have been detained at the Oregon detention centre for illegal migration to the United States. The group, according to the reports, part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum. The Indians form the largest group of detainees in the total 123 illegal immigrants being held at a facility in Sheridan.