Sanctuary laws

Attorney General Dan Rayfield said Oregon could not accept some $15 million in federal grants without violating its sanctuary state status.

Gov. Tina Kotek was one of dozens of elected officials across the country to receive the letter.

The U.S. Department of Justice promises more litigation is coming. Top attorneys for Oregon and Washington say their sanctuary laws are on sound legal footing.

State entities reported a big uptick in federal requests for help with immigration enforcement.

LAPD and the counties of San Diego, Orange, and Riverside have repeatedly shared automated license plate reader data to federal agencies

The county Board of Commissioners discussed, but did not vote on, a resolution at odds with Oregon law.

A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders were unconstitutional.

The Eureka City Council overwhelmingly voted to become a sanctuary city on Tuesday night. The city decided to do it in the face of possible backlash from the federal government.

California passed a sanctuary state law to protect immigrants during the first Trump administration. Now, a sheriff wants to test it at the beginning of the second.

Portland has joined at least four other cities and counties in a lawsuit against the Trump administration's threat to pull federal funding from jurisdictions with sanctuary laws that limit cooperation with immigration officials.

The Trump administration cleared the way for immigration enforcement officers to enter schools in its first week. Now, California lawmakers are working on new state-level restrictions to prevent that.

One of President Trump’s first executive orders threatened to withhold federal funding from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions. California is one of them.