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November 6, 2025 |
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How Oregonians are creating networks to shield their immigrant neighbors
By Yesenia Amaro | The Oregonian/OregonLive
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Augustana Lutheran is accustomed to stepping in. The church established itself as a sanctuary for immigrants in 1996 and in 2014 allowed an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador to live in the church for 81 days to avoid a deportation threat.
On that early October day in immigration court, people packed the gallery and none of those with court dates appeared to have lawyers or people who could help them navigate the system.
That’s not unusual. A 2024 report by nonpartisan data nonprofit Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse said attorneys were assigned to just 24% of cases in Portland Immigration Court, among the lowest rates in the country.
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