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News – December 6, 2025

The Oregonian: Most immigrants arrested in Oregon aren’t violent criminals, new federal data shows

Oregon Capital Chronicle: Portland’s DA balked at charging federal agents under Oregon law. Then AG Rayfield stepped in – Multnomah County District Attorney’s office says only Attorney General Dan Rayfield has the resources to investigate excessive force concerns, but the attorney general will seek District Attorney Nathan Vasquez’s stamp of approval 

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): Eugene and Springfield both announce end of Flock camera usage

KGW: Family believes ICE ran over their loved one while detaining him in Vancouver – Video a witness captured on their phone shows federal agents driving a vehicle forward before the man they’ve detained starts screaming in pain

KATU: US senator Patty Murray of Washington state says ICE agents ‘sic attack dogs’ on Vancouver man

KATU: Neighbors of Portland ICE facility allege harmful effects of tear gas in lawsuit

KGW: ‘They don’t treat you like a human being’: Jackie Merlos, Portland mother of four, reflects on more than 100 days in ICE detention – Merlos spent more than 100 days in federal detention — first at a Customs and Border Protection facility with her children, and then at an ICE facility in Tacoma WA

News – December 5, 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

News – December 4, 2025

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

News – December 2, 2025

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

News – December 1, 2025

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

News – November 29, 2025

KATU: Community holds rally for Beaverton man detained by ICE, city works on state of emergency

KATU: Police arrest protester on trespassing charge near ICE facility in South Portland

News – November 28, 2025

The Oregonian: ICE rumors multiply fears in Oregon amid Trump crackdown

The Oregonian: Family seeks return from Mexico of longtime Beaverton handyman arrested by feds as he left job site

The Oregonian: Trump’s immigration forces deploy ‘less lethal’ weapons in dangerous ways, skirting rules and maiming protesters

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB): ‘Left in the dark’: Dozens protest deportation of Beaverton man – Paulino Martin San Pedro’s family spoke about his deportation and increased ICE enforcement around Washington County

OPB: Where things stand 2 months after Trump ordered troops to Portland

KGW: Beaverton community rallies for recently deported father of three: ‘His absence diminishes us all’ – Paulino Martin, an undocumented handyman who’s lived in Beaverton for more than 30 years, was deported to Mexico within three days after ICE detained him

KOIN: Actor says ICE officers called her Oregon tribal ID ‘fake’: Report

News – November 27, 2025

The Oregonian: Oregon representative Andrea Salinas barred from visiting constituents at Tacoma ICE center

KGW: No, there won’t be ICE checkpoints at Portland highways during Thanksgiving weekend – Rep. Ricki Ruiz took to his social media pages to debunk rumors that ICE would be setting up checkpoints along major highways, as well as other information

KOIN: Yamhill County nonprofit raises civil rights concerns amid ‘extensive’ ICE detainments