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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has condemned the Trump Administration for its plans to send Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala as part of a bilateral agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and the Guatemalan Government.
Meanwhile, Castro and Congressman Filemon Vela of Brownsville have announced they will lead a congressional delegation to Brownsville and Matamoros to investigate the impacts of the Trump Administration's Remain in Mexico policy and the use of tent court facilities to adjudicate Remain in Mexico asylum cases.
On Jan. 1, Oregon's law turned 10 years old. For a decade, it has required state schools to interview at least one qualified minority candidate for all head coach and athletic director openings. The result has been historic gains in diversity hiring.
Oregon and Southwest Washington members of Congress stuck to their partisan lines Thursday on a vote seeking to curb President Trump's ability to wage war against Iran.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., countered in a statement that the House was right to take a clear stand against actions by a president that "risks dragging us into another war."
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici was in the majority when the U.S. House voted Thursday to pass a resolution to check President Donald Trump's ability to go to war with Iran.
Bonamici's statement following the vote: "Passing a War Powers Resolution today was a clear stand — backed by the powers the Constitution granted to Congress — against President Trump's reckless decisions that escalated tensions with Iran, endangered our troops, and risked dragging us into another war.
Nick Fish, 61, died Thursday in his home surrounded by his loved ones, according to a statement released by Sonia Schmanski, his chief of staff. Fish announced Tuesday he planned to resign this year to focus on his health while battling abdominal cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2017.
Oregon and Washington lawmakers are calling for a de-escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran following two Iranian missile strikes on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq.
The decades-long quest of Chinook tribal members to regain federal recognition gets another airing in court on Monday. A U.S. District Court judge is scheduled to hear oral arguments on cross-claims for summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by the tribe against the Department of the Interior.
Most members of Oregon's congressional delegation released statements Friday condemning President Donald Trump's decision to assassinate Iranian general Qassim Suleimani.
"The President and his national security team have not articulated a long-term strategy. They have neither justified the risky and inflammatory action they have already taken nor demonstrated that they are pursuing the best course of action to keep our troops and our country safe," Bonamici said in a statement.