NEWBERG — Juan Miguel Aldape pays his taxes annually, he is a devout Catholic and he is a caregiver for his youngest son with autism, his relatives say. He has lived with his wife for 22 years in Newberg, the wine country town where they chose to raise their family.
Federal immigration agents detained him on Aug. 24, despite Aldape having no criminal history and the arrest, in a hardware store parking lot, occurring without a warrant.
Aldape’s story, which his relatives and immigration rights advocates shared Thursday, is similar to those of many immigrants who have lived in Oregon for decades. As the Trump administration has ramped up its immigration enforcement efforts, Aldape, now detained in Louisiana, is one of many who has been transferred thousands of miles away without access to a lawyer or a way to contact their relatives…