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FILE: Workers pick tomatoes at Ray Yeung's farm in Sacramento on Aug. 9, 2018.
Andrew Nixon
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CapRadio
California has experienced an unseasonable stretch of warm March weather, breaking temperature records across the state. The early heat wave raises questions about whether state rules put in place to protect agricultural workers from extreme heat are working.
The Newport Municipal Airport hosts a U.S. Coast Guard facility, which has been at the center of a controversy gaining national attention over the Trump administration's immigration and coastal rescue policies. A top federal immigration official recently told an Oregon congresswoman that federal authorities have no plans to expand immigration detention facilities in the state.
Shaanth Nanguneri
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no current plans to build new detention facilities or expand existing ICE locations in the state of Oregon, a top ICE official said, tempering months of speculation that a new facility could be coming to the Oregon Coast.