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Yesenia Amaro

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Investigative Reporter at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)

Investigative reporter @Oregonian. Latina, bilingüe y parte de @IRE_NICAR, @NAHJ. Previously @fresnobee, @ReviewJournal. Send news tips at [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Aimee Green |Yesenia Amaro

    A Colombian immigrant who had just appeared in federal immigration court Wednesday was pulled over while driving on a downtown Portland street and arrested by masked federal agents dressed in plain clothes, his immigration attorney told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

  • 1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Yesenia Amaro |Julia Silverman

    Dos empleados de una empresa de servicios para viñedos en Newberg han sido detenidos por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés), incluido el propietario, según uno de los empleados de la compañía. El propietario fue detenido por las autoridades de inmigración alrededor de las 5:30 a.m. del jueves a unas dos cuadras de su casa en Newberg, según Victoria Reader, quien se desempeña como una de las gerentes de la pequeña empresa.

  • 2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Yesenia Amaro |Julia Silverman

    Two employees of a vineyard services company in Newberg have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including the owner, according to one of the company’s employees. The owner was detained by immigration authorities around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday about two blocks from his home in Newberg, according to Victoria Reader, who serves as one of the managers for the small company.

  • 3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Yesenia Amaro

    The state of Oregon and 19 of its counties and cities appeared on a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” published by the Trump administration last week before federal officials quickly deleted the inventory after facing blowback. President Trump signed an executive order in April requiring federal officials to publish a catalogue of jurisdictions nationwide that “obstruct the enforcement” of federal immigration laws.

  • 3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Brad Schmidt |Yesenia Amaro

    La redada de deportación del presidente Trump descendió sobre el Tribunal de Inmigración de Portland el lunes, cuando las autoridades federales arrestaron a una solicitante de asilo de 24 años en el pasillo del tribunal. El arresto en el tribunal federal sigue incidentes similares en todo el país y se cree que es el primero en Portland. Los detalles del arresto aún estaban surgiendo a última hora del lunes, y los funcionarios federales no quisieron hacer comentarios.

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Yesenia Amaro @YeseniaAmaro
6 Jun 25

RT @maxoregonian: Federal judge intervenes after ICE arrests 2nd asylum seeker in Portland immigration court - https://t.co/A4A7IEOMTV http…

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Yesenia Amaro @YeseniaAmaro
6 Jun 25

Map: Every ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ in U.S. identified by Trump’s team, and what it got wrong about Oregon https://t.co/MnSXEAjZih

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Yesenia Amaro @YeseniaAmaro
3 Jun 25

Immigration arrest at courthouse marks first for Portland https://t.co/GcY0UFNUEh