Conrad Wilson
Oregon Public BroadcastingConrad Wilson is a reporter and producer covering criminal justice and legal affairs for OPB. Prior to coming to OPB, he was a reporter at Minnesota Public Radio. Before that he ran the news department at an NPR affiliate in Colorado. His work has aired on Marketplace and NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He has also written for Mashable, The Oregonian, Business Week, City Pages and The Christian Science Monitor. Conrad earned a degree in international political economics and journalism from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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The court’s ruling eliminates restrictions imposed by two federal judges in Oregon that strictly limited when federal officers could use tear gas on crowds outside the facility. -
The scope of U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai’s ruling won’t be known until next week at the earliest, but his temporary ruling sides with Oregon Right To Life, the Keizer-based nonprofit that filed a lawsuit in 2023. -
Two federal judges in Oregon have limited the use of crowd control weapons at the Portland ICE facility. The Trump administration appealed both those rulings. A Tuesday hearing will decide whether to continue restricting the use of tear gas. -
University of Washington data shows 2,125 people arrested last fall, a massive spike in ICE enforcement. -
The decision comes just days after a different federal judge issued a similar order in a case brought by tenants at a nearby apartment building. That order also limited the use of chemical munitions at the ICE facility. -
More than 900 cases in Multnomah County and another 260 in Washington County meet the criteria to be dismissed, according to the Oregon Judicial Department. -
The decision leaves in place a permanent injunction from November that blocked troops from deploying to Portland. -
The ruling could force the dismissal of more than 1,400 criminal cases. -
In his ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said that the judiciary has a “responsibility that it may not shirk.” -
Scores of nonviolent protesters were hit with chemical munitions during a union-backed rally Saturday. -
The Department of Homeland Security said its agent shot at gang members in self-defense. Still, hundreds protested at Portland’s ICE facility, and hundreds more held a vigil at City Hall. -
The troops were part of the Trump administration’s plan to support immigration enforcement operations.
