Parents are afraid to send their children to school. Workers worry about leaving home. Community members hesitate to call the police.
Those concerns and more were voiced Tuesday, Nov. 4, at a packed Hillsboro City Council meeting, where more than three hours of public testimony urged city leaders to address the rising anxiety surrounding recent immigration enforcement actions.
“This community is terrified,” Hillsboro resident Rob Rogers, one of dozens who spoke, said. “We have unmarked cars, unmarked masked men kidnapping and assaulting our community members — my neighbors.”…