Attorney General Pam Bondi, left; Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, right (Reuters; IMAGN)
In her response to Bondi, Kotek said in the nearly 40 years since, Oregon officials and law enforcement have not violated federal immigration law while abiding by the state policy.
"A 2018 ballot measure to repeal portions of Oregon’s federal immigration enforcement law failed when 63% of Oregon voters opposed repealing the existing law," she said, adding that the 1987 law was revisited and "strengthened" by Salem lawmakers in 2021.
Kotek cited Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s statement after the 2021 actions:
"Oregon stands for the safety, dignity, and human rights of all Oregonians," the state prosecutor said at the time, as Kotek also echoed the contention the state is acting within the law due to legal precedent from contemporary Tenth Amendment called the Anticommandeering Rule.
That rule, borne out of cases like New York v. U.S. in 1992 – which focused on requests for states to dispose of nuclear waste -- prescribes that the federal government cannot force them to administer federal programs.
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President Joe Biden, left, and Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, right, enjoy ice cream at a shop in 2024. (Reuters)
Identified only as L.J.P.L., the foreign national had been deported during the Obama administration, and litigants argued whether he could be released so long as he makes regular check-ins at a Eugene immigration office.
Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee whom Chief Justice John Roberts also named to the FISA Court, will decide whether ICE can move forward and immediately deport "L.J.P.L.," according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
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