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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, March 3, 2017 ICE operation appears routine, but raises ire All four Northwest By ERIC MORTENSON EO Media Group ICE removals of illegal aliens The action of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who detained multiple people after stopping a pair of worker transport vans near Woodburn last week may have been a routine operation, but it happened in an acrimonious political atmosphere that had civil rights groups blaming it on the Trump administration’s belligerence toward immi- grants. An ICE spokeswoman said agents initially were after two people, both of whom had multiple prior arrests and one of whom had a prior conviction, when they stopped the vehicles on a highway outside Woodburn on Feb. 24. Agents detained 11 people on allegations they were in the country illegally; seven of them remained in custody Feb. 28. Four were let go because an immigra- tion judge had previously released them on bond pending removal proceed- ings, the ICE spokeswoman said. As far as ICE was concerned, the action was routine. People who are in the country illegally and have criminal records are among the highest priority for 369,221 409,849 389,834 392,862 396,906 security. But the Portland offi ce of American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker group, and the farmworker and forestry labor union Pineros y Compesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) criticized the action. Pedro Sosa, spokesman for the American Friends group, said in his opinion ICE has increased its activity and is acting more aggres- sively since President Trump signed the order. Sosa said that has created “more fear in our community.” The immigrant advocacy groups said they were “deeply concerned” about such stops and arrests and their impact on schools, the local economy and security. The groups denounced the “racist policies” of Trump that “criminalize and scapegoat hardworking immigrants and divide Americans.” Details provided by ICE and by the immigrant advocacy groups varied somewhat. American Friends and PCUN said 19 people were detained in the operation and 10 were released. They said the workers were on their way to forest jobs picking baby’s breath, a decorative plant used in arrangements, when they were stopped. 240,255: Up 2% from FY2015, Down 24% from FY2014 368,644 315,943 235,413 NOTE: Includes returns where aliens were turned over to ICE for removal efforts. FY2008 FY ’10 FY ’12 FY ’14 Source: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehension and removal, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “Deportation offi cers conduct enforcement actions every day around the country and in Oregon as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to uphold public safety and border security,” an ICE spokeswoman said in a prepared statement. “Our operations are targeted and lead driven, prioritizing individuals who pose a risk to our communities.” But the action comes amid heightened political tension over border security and illegal immigration. Pacifi c Northwest agricul- ture has a major stake in the outcome, as many sectors rely on pruning, harvest or FY2016 Alan Kenaga/Capital Press processing crews that are heavily immigrant, legal or not. ICE provided a link to a Homeland Security memo- randum that implements Trump’s executive order on immigration enforcement. The memo calls for hiring 10,000 more ICE agents and prioritizes enforcement action against aliens who have been convicted of any crime, charged with a crime but not resolved, committed fraud or “willful misrepre- sentation” with a govern- ment agency or abused any program to receive public benefi ts. It also authorizes removal of anyone who “in the judgment of an immi- gration offi cer” poses a risk to public safety or national senators against Perry confi rmation SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — All four senators from Washington and Oregon on Thursday voted against Rick Perry to become energy secretary, saying they worried about his commitment to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state and other issues. But the former Texas governor was easily approved by the full Senate on a vote of 62 to 37 to join the cabinet of President Donald Trump. The Department of Energy is responsible for the nation’s nuclear arsenal and the waste left over from the production of those weapons. Hanford, created during the Manhattan Project during World War II, for decades made plutonium, a key ingredient in nuclear weapons. That mission ended decades ago, and the site is now engaged in cleaning up the nation’s largest stockpile of radio- active waste. The work expected to last for decades and cost tens of billions of dollars. Hanford is located near Richland, about 200 miles southeast of Seattle, and about 10,000 people work on the site. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. And Sen Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., all voted against Perry’s nomination. Some said they were unsure whether he was capable of overseeing the technically complex job. “It is the federal govern- ment’s moral and legal obli- gation and responsibility to clean up Hanford,” Murray said Thursday. “It requires a deep understanding of a very large and complex cleanup project.” Offi cial: Space heater caused fi re that killed four children tioned several days before the blaze early Wednesday and the family was using the heater until they could get it repaired, Holloway wrote. “All the burn pattern indi- cators, witness statements and the statement from the father on fi rst arrival, all corroborate,” he said. Some members of the all-volunteer fi re department knew the family, Wilson said. “In a small town like this, everyone knows each other and this has been devas- tating,” she said. “It is just such a tragedy. It’s something we’ve never seen before. It has affected everyone.” Community members held a candlelight vigil at a church late Wednesday that attracted more than 300 people. By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND — A house fi re in rural Oregon that killed four children and critically burned three other family members started with a portable space heater that was being used after a fi replace malfunctioned, a volunteer fi re chief said Thursday. Combustible materials placed too close to the heater ignited and started the blaze in the tiny timber town of Riddle, Fire Protection District Chief Rich Holloway said in a post on the district’s Facebook page. Holloway did not imme- diately return two calls but city manager Kathy Wilson confi rmed the authenticity of the Facebook post in a phone interview. Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP Alyssa Bell, 9, of Riddle participates in a candlelight vigil for the victims of a house fi re Wednesday night in Riddle. The fi re killed four chil- dren ranging from 4 to 13 and devastated the tiny town with a population of fewer than 1,000 people. Riddle is about 200 miles south of Portland. A component of the fi re- place that forces heated air back into the home malfunc- Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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