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Willamette Tree Wholesale Nursery in Oregon Sued for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

Latina Workers at an Oregon Nursery were Sexually Harassed, Threatened, and One Woman Repeatedly Raped, Federal Agency Charges.

(SEATTLE) - Willamette Tree Wholesale, a nursery in Molalla, Oregon has been sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for violating federal law.

The U.S. EEOC charged in a lawsuit filed today, that the nursery allowed female employees to be severely sexually harassed and retaliated against the women and male co-workers after they reported the harassment.

This is the agency's third such case against Oregon agricultural employers.

White House Meeting on Immigration Reform Postponed

The White House meeting would have come one week after 800 advocates from across the country visited Washington as part of the launch of the Reform Immigration For America Campaign.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The White House announced Friday that it would postpone a meeting with a bipartisan group of Congressional Leaders to discuss Immigration Reform.

The meeting, scheduled for June 17th, was announced last month after the Obama administration and Congressional leaders had been signaling their commitment to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year.

Oregon Immigrant Rights Coalition Applauds First Hispanic Nominated to the High Court

President Obama has set a deadline for a confirmation vote on nominee Sonia Sotomayor by the start of the Senate's five-week recess which will begin on August 7th.

(SALEM, Ore.) - CAUSA (Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition), the largest Hispanic civil and human rights and advocacy organization in the Pacific Northwest, applauds President Obama for nominating federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

CAUSA Joins Organizations and Faith Leaders to Commemorate Anniversary of Postville Immigration Raid

Groups call for comprehensive immigration reform of broken system that led to raids.

(SALEM, Ore.) - On May 12th, 2008, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 389 people at Agriprocessors Inc., a kosher meat packing plant, in Postville, Iowa.

At the time, this was the largest raid in the history of the United States, changing the lives of many, in the town and around the nation.

Oregon `New Sanctuary Movement` Organizes Mothers Day Vigil at NW Detention Center

The group will gather at the facility in Tacoma, Washington.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - On May 9th, the Washington and Oregon New Sanctuary Movement coalitions will join together with immigrant rights, labor groups and immigrant families, in a Mothers Day vigil outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, a privately-run holding facility for immigrants awaiting trial in an immigration court or deportation.

Human rights abuses at immigration detention centers around the nation have been the focus of several recent reports, including one conducted by Seattle University School of Law and several partner organizations.

Around 1200 Attend Immigration Rights Rally in Salem (VIDEO)

Activists say there is a clear link between the country's broken immigration system and its broken economy.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A crowd of approximately 1,200 gathered in Salem today at the state capitol as part of a nationwide movement to show solidarity for immigration rights.

The momentum behind immigration reform has been gaining since the election of President Obama, who has expressed his support for change in this area of American society.

Court Overrules Oregon County’s Anti-Immigrant Law

St. Helens is featured in this week's issue of Time magazine. It says in 2008, state legislatures passed more than 200 immigration-related laws, mostly to prompt undocumented workers to give up and move back to their home countries.

(ST. HELENS, Ore.) - A controversial ballot measure that passed in Columbia County last fall won't become law after all.

This week, Circuit Court Judge Ted Grove ruled the plan to slap employers with mandatory $10,000 fines for hiring undocumented workers oversteps the county's authority because immigration enforcement is a federal issue.

Clackamas County Raids See Five Arrested For Drug Dealing

A total of 16 law-enforcement personnel participated in the execution of the two warrants.

(OREGON CITY) - The Clackamas County Inter-agency Task Force (CCITF) arrested five individuals Wednesday who are believed to bhe responsible for extensive drug-dealing activity in the Oregon City area.

Jim Strovink, Detective with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, says just after 7:00 a.m. Wednesday, CCITF members, accompanied by Oregon City Police, simultaneously executed search warrants at two residences in Oregon City.

Oregon Immigrant Rights Coalition Calls for Swift Passage of the DREAM Act

CAUSA joins with Immigrant Rights and Education Advocates from across the nation in calling on Congress to swiftly pass the DREAM Act.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Today, Representatives Howard Berman (D-CA) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) announced the reintroduction of "Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.

They were joined in support by a group of Senators and Representatives from both sides of the aisle.

11th Hour Support for Latino-Led Procession in Columbia County Allows Event to Take Place

The Procession for Respect and Dignity will go on: as groups overcome obstacles and anti-immigration threats.

(ST. HELENS, Ore.) - When a group called Latinos United for a Better Future decided to host a Procession for Respect and Dignity, they had no idea that things would become so complicated.

After a newspaper ran an article announcing the procession, local churches and the Saint Helens police department began to receive calls from people who threatened not only to host a counter-protest on the same day in the same place but also threatened anyone who supported the event.