PM, Dems vote against notifying ICE when illegal immigrant felons are released from jail
On Tuesday, Oregon state Democratic lawmakers unanimously voted against notifying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when or before a criminal illegal immigrant convicted of felony crimes is released from custody. The proposed amendment, supported by Republicans, would have required state and county jails to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in carrying out any action concerning any person convicted of a felony crime under Oregon law.
The proposal was intended to make the state comply with immigration detainers, an official request from federal immigration authorities sent to jails asking to be notified before an illegal immigrant charged and/or convicted of a crime is scheduled to be released from custody. This would allow federal agents to apprehend criminal migrants directly from jails, instead of them being released into the public to potentially reoffend.
Under Oregon's sanctuary state statute, known as the "Sanctuary Promise," local and state law enforcement are forbidden from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, including ICE detainers. The state has repeatedly released illegal immigrants charged with serious felony crimes, including murder, kidnapping, child rape, and illicit drug distribution, into the public after refusing to notify federal authorities. Many of them have reoffended.
Salem Reporter, Nearly all Oregon sheriffs support Marion County’s suit for clarity on ICE cooperation
Almost every Oregon sheriff supports a recent Marion County lawsuit which is asking a federal court to decide if the county can release information about people on parole in response to administrative subpoenas from immigration authorities. Thirty four of Oregon’s 36 county sheriffs signed a letter supporting the lawsuit against federal agencies and Gov. Tina Kotek, which asks a judge to weigh in on what the county described as conflicts between the state’s sanctuary law, public records law and federal law.
The Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association sent the letter to the county Wednesday, according to a statement from Marion County. “We agree that there is a good deal of uncertainty in how these state and federal laws apply to local governments and sheriff’s offices in the state of Oregon, including those situations where a sheriff’s office or local government is served with an administrative subpoena,” the Oregon State Sheriffs Association letter said.
Sheriffs from Multnomah and Washington counties were the only Oregon sheriffs who did not sign the letter.
Both Multnomah and Washington Counties include Portland metropolitan areas.
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