Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has released a bilingual 'Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit' to inform residents about their rights under Oregon's sanctuary state law. The toolkit provides easy-to-read materials on the history and provisions of the law, which prohibits state and local law enforcement from using resources to apprehend individuals solely for being in the U.S. without papers.
Oregon ’s top law enforcement officer rolled out what she called bilingual 'Sanctuary Promise Community Toolkit' to help residents refresh their knowledge of the Beaver State’s relevant laws. Every person has the right to live, work, play, and learn safely in Oregon , period,' Oregon Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in a statement announcing the toolkit. In 1987, Oregon lawmakers passed then-Rep. Rocky Barilla’s HB 2314 in response to several raids by INS – the U.S.
Immigration & Naturalization Service, which transformed into USCIS, DHS and ICE in 2003. The law is largely considered the first 'sanctuary state' policy in the country. Rosenblum explicitly acknowledged Oregon’s place in that regard, noting the law prohibits state and local law enforcement resources from being used to apprehend suspects charged solely with being present in the U.S. without papers. A press release from the attorney general’s office noted Barilla’s bill passed 'nearly unanimously' in 1987 but that by 2024, sanctuary laws have become an 'intensely partisan issue.' 'I asked my Civil Rights Unit here at the Oregon DOJ to do whatever we could to provide the people, businesses, and local governments of our state with easy-to-read materials to help them know their rights and educate others, and I’m so pleased with what they’ve put together,' Rosenblum said in her statement. In the toolkit, documents relating to the 1987 law’s passage are available for easy public consumption, along with a 'conversation' with figures involved in getting the law passe
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