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specifi c aspect of the discussion
was Keizer resident Richard
Walsh, himself a former city
councilor. He contended Mea-
sure 105 fell squarely within
the narrow parameters in
which the council is allowed
to take a position.
“We have been trying to
get the Hispanic community
to engage with the city, to re-
port when they are victims
and when they witness crime.
I spend a great deal of time as
an attorney trying to help cli-
ents understand that they can’t
be deported in Oregon if their
only violation is being un-
documented. 105 will take that
protection away and it will set
us back decades,” Walsh said.
Councilor Laura Reid said
the numerous residents who
offered testimony supporting
the resolution made it clear
that 105 would affect the city.
“We’ve heard very clearly
tonight that this does affect
our residents and 105 addresses
whether the city’s law enforce-
ment offi cers should be in the
business of enforcing immigra-
tion law,” Reid said.
Freeman and Councilor
Amy Ryan both opposed tak-
ing up the resolution when it
came to a vote.
“When we assert ourselves
as a body it should represent all
residents and we need to trust
our citizens to vote according
to their opinions and values. I
don’t think we should move
forward because it’s divisive,”
Ryan said.
A motion to take up the
resolution passed in a 5-2 vote,
Freeman and Ryan voted no.
When it came to delibera-
tions, Councilor Marlene Par-
sons said she’d spent many of
her waking moments ponder-
ing her stance even though she
was one of the councilors to
bring the issue forward.
“I was on the bubble, but
this will affect all citizens and
especially the undocumented
residents. We have to protect
our residents. Thank you for
coming tonight because you
helped me fi gure this out,” she
told the large audience in at-
tendance.
Prior to making the change
from urging residents to vote
“no” to simply opposing Mea-
sure 105, Freeman appeared to
be leaning against the resolu-
tion.
“I don’t believe it’s my role
to tell people how to vote. I
think it’s a bigger conversation
and should include more than
just the residents here tonight,”
Freeman said.
Reid said opposing 105 cre-
ated a space for a larger conver-
sation for all Keizer residents.
“I believe that this is the
beginning of the conversation,
and if we don’t stand up to pro-
tect our citizens we can’t have
that conversation. This ensures
that both sides will have a place
in that conversation,” she said.
“Over many months, many
years, we’ve seen a need to en-
gage in this conversation and
[this discussion] has opened
the fi rst step in affi rming that
we want to have it, and to be
clear that we value and respect
every resident of this city,”
Clark added.
Ryan suggested that there
was a lot of misinformation in
the testimony provided to the
council, but did not call out
specifi cs.
“Measure 105 is [on the
ballot] because 109,000 Ore-
gonians said it should be there.
A conversation has two sides
and goes both ways, but this is
not a balanced conversation,”
she said, referencing the lack of
testimony opposing the resolu-
tion. Only one person spoke
against the council taking a
stance on the issue.
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Testimony on the matter
lasted almost 90 minutes, with
all but one individual urg-
ing the council to adopt the
resolution. In the end, rather
than urging members of the
community to vote against the
measure, the council adopted a
resolution stating only that the
council opposes Measure 105
in a 6-1 vote. Councilor Amy
Ryan was the only holdout.
Rev. Jose Dominguez, of
Keizer’s Ingelsia La Luz del
Valle, said that his church has
had an active role in helping
local families that were once
undocumented obtain resi-
dency and seen others go on
to attain citizenship.
“I believe [Measure 105]
would create fear, mistrust
and division creating an ‘us
and them’ mentality. I believe
this law, if passed, would put a
greater strain on our police re-
sources,” Dominguez said.
Sly Smith said participation
in his church, Salem Menno-
nite Church in south Keizer,
has dropped precipitously
since the election of President
Donald Trump.
“Our membership dropped
by 30 percent. What we found
was that a lot of those families
walked to our church and sud-
denly they became afraid to
come out period,” Smith said.
“There is a continual sense
of trying to build and hold
together a community that
is fractured and I hope you’ll
vote ‘no’ on 105.”
Dennis Koho, a former
Keizer mayor and city coun-
cilor, said taking a stand on
this issue was a way to begin
making amends for actions
by previous city councils that
added anti-LGBTQ language
to Keizer’s city charter.
“This is a chance to fi x it.
Good people have done good
work to help people comply
with law and adopting this
resolution is another step for-
ward to help them do that,”
Koho said.
Alex Sosa, a Keizer eighth
grader, asked the council
whether he seemed less im-
portant to them because of his
brown skin.
“I hope not. I hope you see
me and my family as impor-
tant as any other other lives
in Keizer. Help students stay
focused in school and help us
stay safe in our city and house,”
Alex said.
Another McNary gradu-
ate who offered testimony,
Levi Herrera-Lopez, now runs
Mano e Mano, a Salem-based
organization offering a vari-
ety of local services to Latino
families. More than 115 fami-
lies assisted by Mano e Mano
are located in Keizer.
“I feel that local law en-
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keeping us safe, but the only
way to avoid racial profi ling [if
Measure 105 is successful] is if
100 percent of the people po-
lice run into are asked for their
papers,” Herrera-Lopez said.
Passage of Measure 105
would put its supporters one
step closer “removing people
like me and my family mem-
bers,” he added.
The city also received a
handful of letters weighing
in on the issue, including one
from state Sen. Kim Thatch-
er, whose district includes
Keizer.
“The attitudes of our law
enforcement have changed
dramatically from … when
the [original] law was passed.
The statute that would be
overturned … has morphed
into something well beyond
its original intent and has
become an excuse for state,
county and local law enforce-
ment to refuse to cooperate
with federal immigration of-
fi cials,” Thatcher wrote.
When asked what would
happen at the Keizer Police
Department if the Measure
105 is successful, Keizer Police
Chief John Teague said, not
much.
“It won’t change what we
do as a matter of policy and
practice. We work with ICE
within the parameters es-
tablished by statute. We have
great relationships with our
community and, whether it
passes or not, it’s not going to
change,” Teague said.
While that might reas-
sure residents while Teague
remains chief, departmental
policies could change under
different leadership.
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