Posted in on December 9, 2024
Create a communication chain (using WhatsApp or phone lines) Gather a local response network of attorneys, legal services, counseling options, and advocates Create a team who safely can dispatch and verify if there’s local ICE activity Provide/host Know Your Rights... View Article
Posted in on September 16, 2024
Ensuring Our Communities Are Safe A first step toward safe communities depends on identifying violations to make sure that sanctuary laws are upheld. By reporting sanctuary law violations, you contribute to creating a safer environment for all Oregonians. We all... View Article
Posted in on August 30, 2024
Gather any and all evidence after an interaction with federal immigration authorities. Write down: the date, time, and exact location where the interaction occurred; what you were doing; the names and contact information of anyone you were with; the names... View Article
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Family Preparedness Packets: Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization’s (IRCO) Know Your Rights preparedness packet » Oregon Law Center’s (OLC) Family Preparedness Packet » Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s (ILRC) ILRC Family Preparedness » The ILRC’s Red Cards » help people assert... View Article
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Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition », aka PIRC, 1-888-622-1510 – to report ICE activity right now anywhere in Oregon United for Immigrant Justice », 541-968-6534 – to report ICE activity right now in Lane County United We Dream », 1-844-363-1423 or... View Article
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Oregon law allows any person to file a civil suit/bring a civil action against an agency that violates these laws. The law allows a person to sue the violating agency, asking a judge to order them to stop violating sanctuary... View Article
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Oregon DOJ is not allowed to refer you to or recommend a specific attorney. This list does not suggest the attorney has been vetted or endorsed by Oregon DOJ. Equity Corps of Oregon» (ECO) for universal representation, 1-888-274-7292 In order... View Article
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What does Oregon DOJ’s Sanctuary Law Investigator (SLI) do? Oregon DOJ’s Sanctuary Law Investigator can interview complainants, targeted individuals, their family members, witnesses, whistleblowers, and even violators of Oregon’s sanctuary laws to try to determine what happened. The SLI can... View Article
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Oregon DOJ can inquire into allegations or reports that an Oregon government agency or law enforcement agency may have violated Oregon’s sanctuary laws, if the targeted individual consents to the inquiry. Under current Oregon sanctuary laws, Oregon DOJ does not... View Article
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As the current laws are written, inquiries or investigations will not result in a finding of “violation” or “no violation.” Oregon DOJ cannot substantiate or unsubstantiate violations, or designate reports as founded or unfounded. To see what Oregon DOJ investigations/inquiries... View Article
