Oregon Dems block effort to alert ICE before illegal immigrant murderers are released

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MSN

Oregon Senate Democrats unanimously voted to kill an effort to require that federal authorities be notified when an illegal immigrant convicted of a violent felony is about to be released from prison, leading the chamber’s top Republican to say the majority is choosing ideology over common sense.

In Oregon’s legislature, the minority caucus is permitted to file an alternative "minority report" to a majority-party-led bill, which would then replace the majority’s legislation before it heads to the governor as a "last ditch" effort to amend or stop a proposal, according to a source familiar with Salem’s processes.

This particular Minority Report would have directed state officials to notify federal authorities when an illegal immigrant convicted of a violent felony, such as murder, was about to be released. That would give ICE an opportunity to transfer the person to its custody without the kind of expansive resource deployment seen in some uncooperative blue cities.

The Oregon State Senate voted down the Minority Report for Senate Bill 1594, 18-12, along party lines, with one lawmaker excused, as Republicans warned of the tally’s public safety consequences.

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