Oregon Justice Resource Center
@ojrcenter.bsky.social
A nonprofit law firm defending civil rights and ending mass incarceration in Oregon. Also ⛓️💥@oregoninnocence.bsky.social and 🎙️podcast Trail Blazing Justice.
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“A 22-year-old ICE detainee was awakened about 2 a.m. in the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and then driven to federal court in Eugene Monday. She arrived for a 9:30 a.m. hearing without having been fed any breakfast, according to court testimony.”
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
‘Absolutely appalled’: Judge blasts ICE for failing to feed detainee before court
The federal judge in Eugene ordered the 22-year-old woman's release on supervision.
www.oregonlive.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“A 22-year-old ICE detainee was awakened about 2 a.m. in the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and then driven to federal court in Eugene Monday. She arrived for a 9:30 a.m. hearing without having been fed any breakfast, according to court testimony.”
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Students say they feel safe at school, but are fearful of what might happen to themselves, and their family when school lets out.
Student-led ICE protests erupt across Washington County, amid enforcement crackdowns
Students say they feel safe at school, but are fearful of what might happen to themselves, and their family when school lets out.
www.oregonlive.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Students say they feel safe at school, but are fearful of what might happen to themselves, and their family when school lets out.
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We’ve made signs for business owners and staff to show they know their rights.
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We’ve made signs for business owners and staff to show they know their rights.
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
We’ve made signs for business owners and staff to show they know their rights.
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We’ve made signs for business owners and staff to show they know their rights.
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
Can you volunteer to hand some out in your community? Easy, high-impact, and a real way to help. Take some on your daily walk or team up with a friend to cover a few blocks.
Email Ali King at aking@ojrc.info
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ICE is building new detention centers across the country, with very little oversight, endangering thousands of people in immigrant detention.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
ICE is building new detention centers across the country, with very little oversight, endangering thousands of people in immigrant detention.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
Our elected leaders must act to hold ICE accountable.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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If you want a read about the recent anti-constituonal attempt to denaturalize American children from their claim to birthright citizenship using bad history, @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, I wrote about it in the Cornell Law Review Online. publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/wp...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you want a read about the recent anti-constituonal attempt to denaturalize American children from their claim to birthright citizenship using bad history, @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, I wrote about it in the Cornell Law Review Online. publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/wp...
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
KGW reports that a federal contractor is looking to hire staff for an ICE detention facility in Portland which could be an indicator that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to open a new facility in Oregon.
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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.
www.kgw.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
KGW reports that a federal contractor is looking to hire staff for an ICE detention facility in Portland which could be an indicator that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to open a new facility in Oregon.
www.kgw.com/article/news...
www.kgw.com/article/news...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Portland City Council passed a new land use fee targeting the impacts of detention facilities after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
City Council Puts Financial Crackdown On Detention Facilities
Amid increased police overtime costs and complaints about environmental contaminants related to a local immigration processing center, Portland City Council passed a new land use fee December 3, targe...
www.portlandmercury.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Portland City Council passed a new land use fee targeting the impacts of detention facilities after months of munitions use at the South Portland ICE building.
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
✍️ @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social
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We spent the past month (months?) talking w/ protesters detained at Portland's ICE bldg about their experiences. We heard everything from being questioned about antifa, to not being read Miranda rights, to photos w/ arresting officers.
Their stories point to a slapdash, chaotic federal operation:
Their stories point to a slapdash, chaotic federal operation:
Those arrested at Portland ICE protests recount disparate, confusing treatment by federal officers
OPB interviewed more than a dozen people who were arrested at the ICE protests between June and October. What they described was an apparent lack of standard operating procedures as various federal la...
www.opb.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We spent the past month (months?) talking w/ protesters detained at Portland's ICE bldg about their experiences. We heard everything from being questioned about antifa, to not being read Miranda rights, to photos w/ arresting officers.
Their stories point to a slapdash, chaotic federal operation:
Their stories point to a slapdash, chaotic federal operation:
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More than 200 people packed the Salem Public Library auditorium last week to demand more action from the City Council to support immigrants and refuse cooperation with federal authorities.
Salem declares emergency over increased ICE activity, citing reports of unlawful arrests
Salem city councilors stood against federal immigration practices Monday, declaring an emergency over enforcement that has raised intense fears and concerns throughout the community over the safety of immigrant families, students and workers.
www.opb.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
More than 200 people packed the Salem Public Library auditorium last week to demand more action from the City Council to support immigrants and refuse cooperation with federal authorities.
“The findings bring up questions about who exactly has access to footage collected by Flock surveillance cameras and where people reviewing the footage may be based.”
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI
Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using worke...
www.404media.co
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“The findings bring up questions about who exactly has access to footage collected by Flock surveillance cameras and where people reviewing the footage may be based.”
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today’s Big Give Day is a slam dunk. Donate $10 or more today for a chance to win one of three game-day prize packages from the Trail Blazers, March Madness (a pair of all-session tickets good for two days) and Rip City Remix. Swish!
Donate here: giveguide.org/nonprofits/o...
Donate here: giveguide.org/nonprofits/o...
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Breaking News: The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in New York City, part of a disruption in the courts around the U.S.
Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York
The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt “like a Monday afternoon massacre,” said one judge who lost her job last month.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Breaking News: The Trump administration fired eight immigration judges in New York City, part of a disruption in the courts around the U.S.
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Ahead of the 2020 election, we asked people in prison what might have helped keep them from committing the crime that led to their incarceration.
Among their responses were:
• affordable housing
• a stable, well-paying job
• mental health support
Among their responses were:
• affordable housing
• a stable, well-paying job
• mental health support
What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison
We asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives. Therapy, affordable housing and a living wage topped the list.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Ahead of the 2020 election, we asked people in prison what might have helped keep them from committing the crime that led to their incarceration.
Among their responses were:
• affordable housing
• a stable, well-paying job
• mental health support
Among their responses were:
• affordable housing
• a stable, well-paying job
• mental health support
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee have made a dashboard of reports of possible abuse and misconduct during federal immigration enforcement operations under the Trump Admin. In this thread, we've collected all the reports from Oregon. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
Oversight Immigration Enforcement Dashboard
To fulfill our oversight and legislative responsibilities to protect and defend the Constitution, Oversight Committee Democrats are compiling a verified public record of possible misconduct incidents ...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee have made a dashboard of reports of possible abuse and misconduct during federal immigration enforcement operations under the Trump Admin. In this thread, we've collected all the reports from Oregon. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/immigration-...
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Four of Oregon’s top lawyers are “highly concerned” about immigration officers stopping a group of teenagers at gunpoint in October and, last week, arresting a high school student on his lunch break.
Oregon attorney general, county prosecutors warn federal officers that excessive force will be investigated
Elected prosecutors from Oregon’s three largest counties along with Oregon’s attorney general say they’ll investigate federal law enforcement officers when their actions appear criminal.
www.opb.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Four of Oregon’s top lawyers are “highly concerned” about immigration officers stopping a group of teenagers at gunpoint in October and, last week, arresting a high school student on his lunch break.
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BREAKING NEWS: We've sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Dept. of Homeland Security demanding that they immediately halt unlawful and reckless actions by federal officers operating in Oregon. #orpol
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING NEWS: We've sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Dept. of Homeland Security demanding that they immediately halt unlawful and reckless actions by federal officers operating in Oregon. #orpol
✨BIG GIVE DAY!✨
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Every $10+ donation today is entered to win this amazing, stress-busting prize package courtesy of Cascada Thermal Springs, Nostrana Italian restaurant, the Oregon Symphony, Tipsy Scoop and Give Portland Gifts.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
✨BIG GIVE DAY!✨
Every $10+ donation today is entered to win this amazing, stress-busting prize package courtesy of Cascada Thermal Springs, Nostrana Italian restaurant, the Oregon Symphony, Tipsy Scoop and Give Portland Gifts.
giveguide.org/nonprofits/o...
Every $10+ donation today is entered to win this amazing, stress-busting prize package courtesy of Cascada Thermal Springs, Nostrana Italian restaurant, the Oregon Symphony, Tipsy Scoop and Give Portland Gifts.
giveguide.org/nonprofits/o...