Yesenia Amaro
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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May Day rally draws thousands to state Capitol: ‘Oregon will not be bullied’ by Trump administration
1 week ago |
oregonlive.com | Yesenia Amaro
A crowd of a few thousand Oregonians descended Thursday on the Oregon State Capitol to demand worker and immigrant rights at a time when immigrant communities across the country are living on edge due to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. This year’s May Day March for Immigrant and Worker Rights in Salem, organized by PCUN, Oregon’s farmworker union, was among dozens of rallies in cities across Oregon and the United States on Thursday. Several speakers, including Gov.
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2 weeks ago |
oregonlive.com | Yesenia Amaro
The National Crime Victim Law Institute based at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland is the latest to get hit with cuts under the Trump administration, with close to $500,000 in grant funding terminated this week. The institute on Tuesday received notice from the U.S. Department of Justice that a grant and subgrant with remaining balances of $470,000 have been terminated, the organization said in a statement late Thursday.
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2 weeks ago |
oregonlive.com | Yesenia Amaro
Read this story in English: ‘What I feel now is fear’: how migrants are preparing for Trump’s immigration enforcementEn una iglesia pequeña en Cornelius, casi una docena de personas pasan una vela mientras comparten sus nombres, cómo se sienten y de qué les gustaría deshacerse emocionalmente. La mayoría en el grupo, que incluye inmigrantes indocumentados, dicen que tienen miedo. Les gustaría ser liberados de la incertidumbre.
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3 weeks ago |
oregonlive.com | Yesenia Amaro
At a tiny church in Cornelius, nearly a dozen people pass a candle as they share their names, how they feel and what they’d like to emotionally jettison. Most in the group, which includes undocumented immigrants, say they’re fearful. They’d like to be relieved of uncertainty. “It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t afraid,” said one of the attendees, sitting next to her husband. The fear? La migra. La chota. La verde. La perrera. ICE.
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3 weeks ago |
salemreporter.com | Yesenia Amaro
The risk seemed far too great. Portland State University graduate student Abdul Almutairi learned Thursday he was one of 23 international students in Oregon targeted by the Trump administration for deportation. Haunted by video footage of a Tufts University graduate student who was whisked away by federal agents and sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana, Almutairi made a quick decision.
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