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ICE no longer intends to turn Salt Lake City warehouse into detention center, court filing says

  • Katie McKellar

Through their attorneys, Department of Homeland Security officials told Salt Lake City leaders that they “no longer intend to convert” a Salt Lake City warehouse purchased earlier this year for $145.4 million with now abandoned plans to turn it into a massive detention center.  That’s according to new court documents filed Wednesday, in which Salt […]

Oregon

Oregon congresswoman says feds provide few answers on immigrant death investigation

  • Mia Maldonado

Congressional leaders, including Oregon’s U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, are demanding answers regarding recent high-profile deaths involving immigration agents.  Salinas, a Tigard Democrat representing Oregon’s 6th Congressional District, joined Democrats in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus at the Harris County Commissioners Court in Houston last week to address the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father […]

Oregon

How Trump closed a key career path for Oregon immigrants and refugees

  • Mia Maldonado

Abdul Saboor Hassan moved to Oregon in 2020 after qualifying for a green card for his service to the U.S. Army in his home country, Afghanistan. He became a commercial truck driver for a short period of time before becoming a commercial driving instructor, an experience that motivated him to open his own commercial driving […]