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The Oregonian: Trump drops National Guard deployment in Portland, other cities

Willamette Week: Trump Indicates He Will Send Oregon National Guard Members Home – President’s post says crime has been “greatly reduced” by having troops in the city. In fact, they barely deployed to the city at all.

KGW: Oregon governor says she hasn’t received word yet that National Guard troops can go home – City of Portland and state officials celebrated the news that President Trump will back off troop deployments, but could not confirm the truth of his claim

KGW: Timeline of legal showdown over National Guard deployment in Portland

KOIN: Washington lawmaker introduces bill banning masked law enforcement amid ICE raids

KATU: Portland residents react with skepticism to Trump’s removal of National Guard troops

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): Trump says he’s dropping push for National Guard in Portland, Chicago and LA for now – Oregon military officials say that National Guard members remain deployed as of Wednesday

The Oregonian: Frogs, shelters and a new city government: Portland’s political year in review

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): In Washington orchards, immigration crackdown sows fear and uncertainty – The Trump administration’s deportation push has caused turmoil within the state’s farm labor workforce as federal legislation meant to improve the situation has stalled

Oregon Capital Chronicle: Oregon saw at least 1,100 immigration arrests in 2025 – Arrests in Oregon in 2025 almost 10 times as high as previous year

Willamette Week: In a Sea of ICE Stories, What Happened Behind Closed Doors Stood Out – It’s no shock that this was one of the most widely discussed articles of the year

KGW: Arrest first, ask questions later’: Judge orders on-the-spot release of Beaverton man that CPB detained without a warrant – As first reported by The Oregonian, the judge called the man’s arrest and detention a violation of his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment

The Oregonian: Oregon judge orders shackles removed in courtroom after learning ICE detained wrong man – The federal government never submitted the photo or package of information about its original target to the judge and made no determination that Fernando Pichardo Medina posed either a risk of escape or a danger to the community before his arrest or detention, the judge said.

Oregon Capital Chronicle: Anticipating early 2026 opening, Oregon seeks to block potential Newport ICE facility

KGW: ICE agents shoot at a moving vehicle on Christmas Eve, injuring 2

Willamette Week: Portlander of the Year: The Frog – The costume became a shorthand for confronting despotism with absurdity and whimsy

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe

The Oregonian: Supreme Court bars Trump from deploying National Guard to Chicago, for now

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): Newport sues Trump administration to prevent potential detention center – The lawsuit came the same day a federal judge issued a temporary injunction stopping efforts to relocate a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter

Oregon Capital Chronicle: US Supreme Court in defeat for Trump blocks deployment of National Guard in Chicago

The Oregonian: Readers respond: Unmasking ICE officers would promote safety, transparency

The Oregonian: Portland woman sentenced for waving knife near ICE building in June 2025

The Oregonian: Immigration lawyers tell judge ICE is deliberately keeping them from their clients in Oregon

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): Immigration arrests in Washington state surged in recent months – More and more of those arrested don’t have criminal records, according to new data

OPB: Federal judge to rule whether Homeland Security must help detainees meet attorneys – One lawyer told the court about ICE taking a person through the Eugene facility’s backdoor when she arrived

Oregon Capital Chronicle: Concerns over immigration enforcement dominate final Oregon attorney general’s townhall – Many at the town hall at Portland Community College on Wednesday night demanded the state issue guidance to local police for protecting people from ICE