An anti-immigrant hate group in Oregon has succeeded in getting a measure on November’s ballot challenging the state’s decades-old sanctuary law. But activists are fighting back. kval.com/news/local/act…
Measure 105 has the potential to repeal a law that has been on the books since 1987 prohibiting local law enforcement from arresting individuals based solely on immigration status. If overturned, it could prompt enforcement of federal immigration laws. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…
Activists with @OregoniansUnite are organizing around the measure’s defeat — citing the potential for it’s passing to open the door to racial profiling and family separation. orunited.org
“The dialogue around sanctuary cities and states is not intended to bring out the best in us or help us find common ground...It is meant to divide and create fear, and to do so by demonizing one group of people: immigrants.” CEO Tim Boyle of @Columbia1938 oregonlive.com/opinion/index.…
The measure was pushed by the misleadingly named Oregonians for Immigration Reform. OFIR claims they advocate "for an environmentally sustainable level of immigration,” but, for almost 20 years they have demonized immigrants. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…
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