Oregon House Bill 3464

Summary

• Expands Oregon’s already dangerous sanctuary law, harms public safety
• Prevents any state or local agency from sharing with federal immigration authorities a person’s address; workplace/work hours; school/school hours; contact information; known associates or relatives; time or location of the person’s hearings, proceedings or appointments; or any of the same information about their known relatives or associates
• Prevents any state or local agency from asking about “a person’s citizenship or immigration status”

Undermines the Rule of Law

• Directly conflicts with federal law (the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) by prohibiting information-sharing with federal officials in the enforcement of immigration law

Threatens Public Safety

• Endangers federal immigration personnel by stretching their limited resources and making it far more likely their arrests will have to be made on the streets rather than in the relative safety and controlled environments of jails and other public facilities
• Shields criminal aliens like Sergio Jose Martinez, an illegal alien deported from the U.S. 20 times and released from jail back into the community despite an ICE detainer. In July, Martinez allegedly brutally assaulted two women. Martinez has a lengthy criminal history spanning three states, including prior convictions for felony attempted battery, felony burglary, and felony illegal re-entry after removal.  He was arrested at least thirteen times in the past 10 years in Portland alone. 

Threatens National Security

• By impeding communication with federal immigration officials, the bill creates an environment where terrorists, in addition to other criminal aliens, can go undetected and uninterrupted