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Bend Awards $100,000 to Support Immigrant Families Amid Federal Crackdown 

The City Council condemned the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics with a resolution Wednesday
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The Bend City Council denounced the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort and awarded a nonprofit $100,000 to help families affected by the immigration crackdown.  The move came in response to calls for support by the Latino Community Association, a Central Oregon nonprofit providing support services for immigrants. Half of the funding awarded Wednesday will help the nonprofit work with the City to produce Bend’s Welcoming Week, the annual slate of events promoting diversity and culture, and connecting people to […]

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The Dreamers Who Do

For local DACA recipients, the fear of legal uncertainty—and deportation—is an everyday thing
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach Liliana Bernabe was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and crossed the border with her parents as soon as she turned five. After short stints in California and Colorado, her family moved to Oregon, where […]

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Bend’s Police Chief Recounts ICE Protest Events (con versión en español)

Krantz details his interactions with the Department of Homeland Security, timeline of events in statement
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz—now on his fourth day on the job as the head of Bend’s police force, issued a statement Thursday afternoon, following the protest that erupted in front of two buses from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Wednesday afternoon. A standoff between protesters, there to demand due process for the two men detained […]

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents Pick Up Two Bend Residents

Protesters block two buses from leaving parking lot on SW Industrial Way; Border Patrol later storms the buses to remove the people inside
Avatar photo Kyle Switzer

On Wednesday, locals began to spread the word that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were in Bend and had reportedly picked up at least two people. Two buses were located behind the Crane Shed Commons on SW Industrial Way in Bend, where activists began to block the buses from exiting the parking lot. Source Intern […]

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A Central Oregon “Dreamer” on the Supreme Court’s DACA Decision 🎧

A local college student shares her reaction to the recent ruling by the nation’s highest court
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Liliana Bernabe was featured in the 2018 Source Women’s Issue, sharing her story of living in the U.S., after coming to the country from Mexico as a young child. The Source checked back in with Bernabe following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Trump Administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]

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An Assault on Lower-Income, Legal Immigrants Affects the Entire Community

The president has long taken a hardline stance against asylum seekers and undocumented people entering and living in this country
The Source Staff

The president has long taken a hardline stance against asylum seekers and undocumented people entering and living in this country. But with the advent of the Department of Homeland Security’s changes to its public charge rule, the president is casting his net wider—taking aim at the people seeking to obtain legal permanent residency in this […]

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Get Ready to be Counted

The next census is coming on April Fools’ Day, 2020
Chris Miller

Gov. Kate Brown kicked off preparations for the 2020 Census in Oregon Monday, proclaiming April 1, 2020 as Census Day. Census counters will begin knocking on doors and sending letters to U.S. homes as early as January next year. Counting people in Central Oregon will likely reveal what many already know: The area has experienced […]

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Another Visit to A Texas Detention Facility for Sen. Merkley

Oregon’s senator wants to shut down Trump’s “children’s prison”
Chris Miller

Last weekend, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) made another trip to Texas, in an attempt to shine a light on the treatment of immigrant children and their families. Merkley said in a press release that he stopped in Tornillo, Texas—the site of the largest of the child detention facilities. Merkley said the tent camp now holds […]

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Measure 105: Vote No

Repeals Oregon’s sanctuary law
The Source Editorial Board

Oregon doesn’t have the most admirable history when it comes to systemic racism, but now, and never, is it time to engage in even more of it. Put forth by a group of three Republican Oregon lawmakers, Measure 105 seeks to repeal the 1987 Oregon law that forbids state agencies, including law enforcement, from using […]

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