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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.
U.S. Rep Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) recently visited 123 detained men at the federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon. She was accompanied by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) as well as U.S. Rep Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.).
Bonamici said most of the detainees were seeking asylum because they had experienced violence or persecution in their home countries, adding that several had traveled to the border with a wife and a child or children, but none knew where their family members were at the time.
Washington County elected officials and group representatives praised a report this week that delves into the problems and prospects of the county's burgeoning racial and ethnic minorities.
The report was released Monday, June 18, at a gathering organized by the Coalition of Communities of Color, which produced a similar report about Multnomah County in 2012.