More than 120 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees were imprisoned in May 2018 in Sheridan, Ore., after seeking asylum in the United States. The guests of a Portland church, First…
Hill to Hall Sept. 30–Oct. 5
Oct. 1 – Supreme Court nominee once brawled alongside former Blazer U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh participated in a bar fight with former NBA basketball player Chris Dudley in…
Occupy ICE evicted
After five weeks of occupying federal land surrounding Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, the Occupy ICE PDX protest came to an end early on the morning of Wednesday, July…
Arrests made at Occupy ICE PDX protest camp
Federal officers arrested eight people on the morning of Wednesday, July 11 near Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on SW Macadam Ave. during an altercation between officers and Occupy…
Local ICE occupation hosts dance party, decapitates Trump effigy
Occupy ICE PDX held a “Day of Action Against ICE” rally outside of the Southwest Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Tuesday, July 17. The rally’s Facebook event page…
A sanctuary campus must abolish houselessness
Being a sanctuary campus does not mean merely washing hands of direct involvement in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. It means providing a safe space for everyone in the community…
From the Hill to the ‘hall: Oct. 17-23
Georgia State Representative’s ‘rhetorical’ remark sparks fervor Representative Betty Price (R-48) created a firestorm over remarks made at an investigative committee when she asked whether it was possible to quarantine…
From the hill to the ‘hall: Sept. 27–Oct. 3
Trump fights football players After a protest against police brutality by National Football League players spread, United States President Donald Trump weighed in and decried the action as unpatriotic. In…
Met with protest, AG Jeff Sessions doesn’t find sanctuary in Portland
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in Portland today to discuss policies concerning sanctuary cities, a term used to describe a city that does not fully cooperate with federal…
AG Jeff Sessions to appear this afternoon in Portland
AG Sessions will address DACA and sanctuary cities with Portland officials United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is coming to Portland today. On Sept. 5, Sessions announced the Deferred Action for…