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When Brandon Jordan joined U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas’ team in 2023, much of his work with local Latino communities focused on protecting farmworker rights and supporting the dreams of their children.

The assurance came in a letter last week from Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas. Salinas, a Democrat who represents the Willamette Valley, had opposed any plans to bolster or create new facilities in the Beaver State in a Feb. 12 letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signed by the state’s Democratic congressional delegation alongside 10 Democratic congressmembers.

The more recent federal grant was announced Monday, Feb. 23, by U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, who supported the agency’s grant application to the federal government, Pollock said.

Oregon Rep. Salinas led a letter asking DHS officials about training for immigration agents, citing reports of incidents involving force.

U.S Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, and Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, on Feb. 13 highlighted their legislation aimed at holding federal immigration agents legally accountable for violating civil rights. Advocates and Oregonians joined them in Woodburn, describing what they called a growing pattern of abusive enforcement actions.

Stopping overly aggressive immigration enforcement will take a “groundswell” of backlash from elected leaders and ordinary Americans, U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas said Friday.

Los miembros demócratas de la delegación del Congreso de Oregón advirtieron el jueves a los altos funcionarios federales de inmigración que se opondrán a cualquier esfuerzo de construir “campos de detención” en Oregón.

Rep. Andrea Salinas, the new vice chair of the Equality Caucus, sat down with the Blade to discuss the battles ahead as she demands protections for LGBTQ Americans.