Posts published in December 2025

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): OPB’s First Look: Coast Guard helicopter returns to Newport, college admissions essays change

KGW: ICE detention center planned for Portland, job postings hint – The job listings for an ICE detention facility in Portland closely resemble ads posted last month for similar positions in Newport

Woodburn Independent: 14 people detained by ICE on Dec. 3 in Woodburn

KATU: Gresham woman pleads guilty to arson outside ICE building in June

KATU: Oregon Education Association to host trainings to protect kids from ICE

OPB: Federal contractor job postings advertise possible ICE detention center in Portland and Newport – Acuity International, a federal contractor, is advertising positions for an immigration detention facility

The Oregonian: Portland residents near ICE building allege ‘unconstitutional poisoning’ by federal officers

The Oregonian: Assault charge dismissed against ICE protester after video shows no attack on officer in Portland

The Oregonian: ICE officers reveal arrest quotas, facial recognition use in Oregon dragnet

The Oregonian: Coast Guard rescue helicopter returns to Newport, Wyden says

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): US Coast Guard returns rescue helicopter to Newport – This comes after a judge last month ordered the Coast Guard to return the helicopter immediately while a lawsuit challenging its abrupt removal proceeds

Oregon Capital Chronicle: Rescue helicopter will return, remain in Newport, Oregon’s US senators say

The Oregonian: Immigration arrest inside Home Depot sparks protest in The Dalles, Oregon

The Oregonian: Salem declares emergency over ICE activity

Oregon Capital Chronicle: ‘People will boycott’: How a coastal city’s fight against ICE is making waves across Oregon – Local governments in Oregon have struggled with the extent to which they should resist or comply with increasingly aggressive federal immigration policy, but one town took a different approach

The Oregonian: East Coast visitor wanted to check out Portland ICE protest, leaves in handcuffs

KOIN: As immigration enforcement ramps up, these Oregon cities have declared emergencies regarding ICE

KOIN: Salem City Council to vote whether local ICE activity warrants emergency declaration