Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield this week asked federal court to dismiss a Marion County lawsuit seeking clarification on whether county officials are allowed to comply with “immigration enforcement subpoenas.”

Rayfield said Oregon’s sanctuary law clearly spells out that Marion County, like other public and law enforcement agencies in the state, can provide information to immigration authorities only if they have an order signed by a judge for the information.

Immigration officials typically seek information on immigrants through administrative subpoenas that the federal government generates. They aren’t signed by a judge.

Rayfield said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “has already ruled that there is no conflict between our sanctuary law and federal law.”

“Public bodies ca

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