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Three U.S. representatives from Oregon are calling for congressional hearings to investigate Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after two controversial arrests by federal immigration agents within a month heightened concerns that the agency may be violating the law.
U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Earl Blumenauer want to hear from the horse's mouth why a U.S. citizen was questioned by immigration officials near the Washington County Courthouse last month.
Bonamici and Blumenauer sent a second letter to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials Oct. 20, detailing their concerns over two incidents involving ICE agents.
Both of Oregon's senators have demanded an explanation after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in plain clothes entered a home in Portland without a warrant and arrested a man who was later released.
The arrest of the man, who was working on a renovation at the house on Thursday, was captured on a cellphone video by a co-worker who published it on Facebook, where it was viewed more than a million times.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should investigate possible insider trading of shares of student loan company Navient Corp., Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Representative Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon, said Monday in a letter to the agency chairman, Jay Clayton.
Columbia County's Emergency Operations Center has added enhanced capabilities to its operations with the purchase of three portable communications units. Columbia County is the first jurisdiction in the state of Oregon to employ such devices.
Dubbed "PodRunners" by the manufacturer, the small but powerful equipment is designed to be fully deployable to even the most remote locations in the county.
Federal immigration officials say agents did identify themselves and showed their badges before questioning a U.S. citizen outside the Washington County Courthouse in Hillsboro last month.
In a letter received by Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici on Tuesday, the Portland office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said agents were in the right when they questioned Isidoro Andrade-Tafolla in downtown Hillsboro on Sept. 18.
Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici visited staff at Lewis and Clark Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 18, to observe teachers in their classrooms using a new way of assessing student progress.
For the past year and a half, a small group of staff in the St. Helens School District have been taking advantage of professional development programs that focus on "quality assessment practice," which aims to help students understand concepts they need to know and why they're tested on those concepts.