U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken set December 12 as the hearing date in the lawsuit filed by Oregon immigration rights attorneys around the detention rights of people held at the Southwest Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland.

Oregon Immigrant Rights Lawsuit To Be Heard In December

Oregon immigrant rights attorneys sued the federal government to ensure that the government upholds people’s constitutional right to consult with a lawyer. In October, Judge Aiken considered the lawyers’ request to grant a temporary restraining order (TRO) requiring that people held without warrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement be kept in Oregon at the ICE field offices in Portland, Eugene and Medford, for at least three days before being moved to long-term detent

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