Oregon Democrats in Congress Tell U.S. Justice Department to Stop Bullying the State on Sanctuary Policies

Willamette Week
By Katie Shepherd
November 17, 2017

The Democratic congressional delegation from Oregon today told the U.S. Department of Justice to stop bullying the state by threatening to withhold federal funds if Oregon Doesn't dismantle policies that bar local officials from aiding the feds in immigration-related investigations.

U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer, Kurt Schrader and Peter DeFazio in writing a letter that warned the DOJ that its tactics were "harmful and retaliatory" and that a federal judge had previously barred such efforts to coerce state policies.

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