A Democratic state lawmaker is rebuking her own party’s softer legislative approach to concerns of immigration enforcement activity involving Oregon schools, championing more stringent protections her local school district’s teachers union recently secured during contract negotiations. Oregon lawmakers this spring passed House Bill 4079, signed by Gov. Tina Kotek on March 31, to require school […]

Oregon public universities and schools would have to promptly notify their communities when federal immigration agents step onto campus under a bill the Oregon House passed Tuesday. Federal policy has long blocked immigration enforcement at “sensitive areas” including schools, churches and hospitals, but the Trump administration rescinded that policy last year. The American Federation of […]