PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Marion County concerning the state’s sanctuary state laws.
On Monday, Attorney General Rayfield filed the motion to dismiss in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon — arguing the state’s sanctuary laws are “straightforward.”
Marion County’s lawsuit goes back to Aug. 1, when the county received five subpoenas from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, requesting the records of four alleged undocumented immigrants on parole for crimes including multiple rape convictions, multiple sexual abuse convictions and convictions for kidnapping/robbery. According to court documents, a fifth subpoena was served for an individual whose identity was not clear at the time.
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According to court documents, ICE’s subpoenas ask the county to turn over information on the individuals such as home addresses, phone numbers, country of birth, name and address of employers along with “‘[d]ocuments sufficient to show the underlying criminal charge,’” including police reports, probable cause documents, booking photos and release agreements…