The state Assembly last year adopted a sanctuary state measure to prevent state and local law enforcement officers from making arrests based on immigration status and
from enforcing federal immigration laws.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a letter to Sessions that Oregon state law dating back to 1987 prohibits state and local police
from enforcing federal immigration law.
Not exact matches
Among other provisions, the county measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of
enforcing immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a
federal immigration officer; to honor detainer requests
from federal agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny
federal agents access to inmates in county custody.
Among other provisions, the measure calls for county employees to not stop, question, interrogate or arrest individuals «solely for the purpose of
enforcing immigration law»; to not perform the functions of a
federal immigration officer; to honor detainer requests
from federal agents only in specific limited situations; and to deny
federal agents access to inmates in county custody.
So the legal battle stems
from the US
federal government's right and responsibility to enact and
enforce immigration law.