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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-
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TODAY
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy
Mainly cloudy with
a bit of rain
51° 35°
45° 31°
MONDAY
A bit of snow and
rain at times
A little morning
snow
TUESDAY
Cloudy, a shower
in the p.m.
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
45° 30°
44° 33°
51° 39°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
48° 32°
51° 34°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
51°
51°
69° (1931)
33°
32°
2° (1896)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.07"
3.92"
2.61"
2.58"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
53°
53°
73° (1936)
34°
31°
10° (1993)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.07"
3.46"
1.60"
2.31"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Mar 5
Mar 12
6:30 a.m.
5:45 p.m.
9:32 a.m.
11:59 p.m.
Last
New
Mar 20
47° 32°
53° 40°
Seattle
50/37
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
46° 31°
Mar 27
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
46/30
43/27
Tacoma
Moses
49/33
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 48/31
47/34
48/34
48/33
50/29
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
48/36
54/39 Lewiston
54/34
Astoria
53/37
48/35
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
50/37
Pendleton 39/30
The Dalles 51/34
51/35
49/34
La Grande
Salem
45/35
50/38
Albany
Corvallis 49/38
51/40
John Day
43/34
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
48/34
50/39
46/29
Caldwell
Burns
49/39
40/26
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
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WINDS
Medford
51/41
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Klamath Falls
46/33
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain today;
arriving during the afternoon in the south.
Showers tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Variable
clouds today with a shower in spots.
Western Washington: Periods of rain today.
A couple of showers tonight. A touch of rain
tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: Periods of rain mixing
with wet snow today. More rain and snow
tonight.
Cascades: Cloudy today; a bit of snow,
accumulating up to an inch or two, mainly
in the afternoon.
Northern California: Partly sunny today; a
shower in central parts in the afternoon.
Today
Saturday
SSW 4-8
S 6-12
WNW 3-6
WNW 4-8
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Murray added: “I remain
deeply concerned Governor
Perry — and this admin-
istration — fails to grasp
what’s at stake.”
Wyden said he was “not
convinced that someone
who just months ago
supported abolishing the
Energy Department under-
stands the urgent need to
clean up millions of gallons
of toxic, radioactive waste.”
That waste threatens
the Columbia River, which
forms the border of Oregon
and Washington, Wyden
said.
The
new
energy
secretary must also end a
“longstanding culture of
retaliation against whis-
tleblowers who raise safety
and management alarms,”
Wyden said.
U.S.
Rep.
Dan
Newhouse, R-Wash., who
represents the Hanford area
in the House, congratulated
Perry on his confi rmation.
Newhouse noted that
the Energy Department is
responsible for Hanford and
the adjacent Pacifi c North-
west National Laboratory.
“With Secretary Perry
at the department’s helm,
I look forward to working
together to ensure that
Hanford and PNNL have
the support to accomplish
their respective missions,”
Newhouse said.
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“(I am) not con-
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the urgent need to
clean up millions
of gallons of toxic,
radioactive waste.”
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National Summary: Cold air with spotty snow is in store from the Great Lakes to the
Northeast today. Showers will dampen southern Florida, southern Texas and western
Washington and Oregon. Most other areas will be dry.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 90° in Stuart, Fla.
Low -13° in Willow City, N.D.
NATIONAL CITIES
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Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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Memphis
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New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
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