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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.
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Mother, physician, and proud U.S. Representative for Oregon's Third Congressional District.

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Trump is turning our country’s 250th birthday into a pay-to-play scheme for billionaires.
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
TOMORROW is your opportunity to share what’s on your mind and how I can best serve you. My next telephone town hall is February 11th at 5:45 pm PT. RSVP to receive a call in the link in my bio or stream live at Dexter.House.Gov/Live. I hope you tune in!
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Teargassing children is state-sponsored violence. Full stop. We will not be bullied into compliance or betraying our values. Oregon is strong. Oregon is peaceful.

If you’re still working for ICE, resign. There’s no honor in contributing to this barbarity.
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Black history is American history. This month is about celebrating and learning about the achievements, culture, and resilience of our Black communities. As books are banned and voices are silenced that elevate Black stories, we must reinvest in those who make our communities brighter.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The Crespo-Gonzalez family is home.

Our community refused to stay silent in the face of such an immoral, unethical detention. Now, we must continue speaking up for the countless other families and children imprisoned by Trump.

Stay loud.
February 7, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I am escorting the Crespo-Gonzalez family, including their seven year old daughter, back to Oregon now.

Out of respect for the family, additional information is not being shared at this time.
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Checking in with an update on the Crespo-Gonzalez family and my oversight visit to ICE facilities in Texas.

Yesterday, I was denied entry into the facility jailing my constituents, but I am not deterred. I will return today and keep fighting to bring these Oregonians home.
February 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Liam was one of hundreds of kids in this facility. Now, my constituent Diana is locked up there, surely frightened and traumatized. Putting kids in cages is so morally bankrupt it’s beyond words.

Release them all.
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.

What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?

I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I'm about to arrive at the Dilley detention center in Texas. Diana Crespo is a second grader. She should be in school right now, not a prison in Texas. I will let you know what I see.
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Detaining children doesn’t make this country safer. It makes this country cruel.

Over 1,000 family members are being held at the detention facility in Dilley, Texas where measles is spreading and children are traumatized.
February 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Diana is seven years old. She belongs in a second-grade classroom—not in a prison with inhumane conditions. I’m headed to Dilley, Texas, right now to see if she’s okay.
February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Your voice is my driving force. I’m hosting a telephone town hall Wednesday, February 11th, at 5:45 pm PT. RSVP to receive a call in the link in my bio or stream live at Dexter.House.Gov/Live. I hope to hear from you soon.
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
No child, but especially not a sick second grader on the way to urgent care, should be detained by ICE and then trapped in a facility with measles. I cannot stand by while my constituents' rights are stripped.

I’m headed to Dilley to conduct oversight and do everything I can to bring them home.
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Diana, a 7-year-old child, was being taken by her parents to see a doctor when they were abducted by DHS. They are being kept in this facility.

If detainees are indeed getting the care they need, DHS shouldn’t mind if a physician/Member of Congress checks. I am flying to Texas to demand answers.
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles​ cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I took this at our Rockwood listening session. Thanks for coming out and using your voice as a tool for change.
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.
Oregon's U.S. Rep Maxine Dexter announced she's traveling to Texas on Thursday to perform an oversight visit at the Dilley detention facility. There, she'll visit the Oregon family detained by immigration agents in January on their way to the hospital. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/u-s-r...
U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter to travel to Texas to visit detained Oregon child and family • Oregon Capital Chronicle
U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter will travel to Texas to visit the family detained by federal immigration agents in a Portland hospital parking lot.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Reposted by Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.
Oregon Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Portland, announced plans Tuesday to visit the Oregon family currently being held at a Texas immigration detention center where multiple cases of measles have broken out.

Rep. Dexter announces plan to visit Gresham 7-year-old at Texas detention center
The Crespo-Gonzalez family has been detained at a facility in Dilley, Texas where two cases of measles were recently reported.
www.opb.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Today’s ruling is because Oregonians refused to stay quiet about the horrific violence they faced while exercising their peaceful right to protest.

You did this. Stay loud. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
Judge restricts federal use of tear gas, munitions at Portland ICE protests
The temporary order lasts 14 days. A hearing is set for March 2 to extend the order.
www.oregonlive.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
You have my word—I’m a hell no on any funding for ICE. My district has made it clear—ICE’s flagrant lawlessness, cruelty and lack of leadership at the top must end.
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Defund and dismantle ICE. This is state sponsored terrorism.
Feds at Portland ICE facility again deploy chemical agents against protesters
The federal response to Sunday protesters was not as immediately severe as the reaction Saturday.
www.oregonlive.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
ICE must be defunded and dismantled.

The lawlessness and cruelty of federal agents is being paid for with taxpayer dollars. OR-03 has been crystal clear: I must be a hell no on any bill that funds ICE.

Your safety. The rule of law. Transparency. Accountability. These are what I’m fighting for.
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Unfortunately, I need to reschedule tomorrow’s Hood River town hall. Keep an eye on Dexter.House.Gov/Events for updates on a new date. I hope to hear from you soon.
January 30, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This is fascism.
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Today, Senate Democrats held the line and refused to advance ANY funding for Trump’s cruel immigration machine. 
 
Pressure works. Stay loud.
Democrats Block Spending Package as D.H.S. Talks Continue
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM