A lawsuit alleging that law enforcement agents sent by President Donald Trump to protect a federal courthouse in 2020 used excessive force against racial justice protesters has been settled, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon said Tuesday.
A group of racial justice protesters reached a settlement with the federal government after filing a lawsuit accusing agents of using excessive force in 2020.
A settlement between the federal government and the ACLU of Oregon has closed one of the lawsuits filed on behalf of protesters who were injured during the 2020 racial justice protests in downtown
A church in northeast Portland welcomed people of any faith or background to share their message that any immigrant is welcome in their sanctuary on Sunday.
A federal judge temporarily blocked Donald Trump's bid to end the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
The policy was the result of African Americans pushing for decades to be recognized as full citizens and part of a trio of amendments — the 13th, 14th and 15th — that ended U.S. slavery and established citizenship and voting rights for some people of color.
Seattle District Judge John Coughenour said that the presidential decree wasblatantly unconstitutional A federal judge in Seattle has is
The temporary restraining order sought by Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington was the first to get a hearing before a judge and applies nationally.
President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a series of executive orders that will reshape the country’s immigration system. We lay out the key changes.
Portland area school districts are responding to President Trump’s campaign promise to crack down on immigration by carrying out mass deportations.
A state attorney told a judge Friday he's not against releasing some criminal defendants from jail who have been denied their constitutional rights to a lawyer, as long as public safety is taken into account.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday will sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation. It mandates the detention and potential deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who are accused of theft and violent crimes before they've actually been convicted.