Newport Residents Speak Out Against Potential ICE Facility

City will fight potential ICE facility, Newport officials say

News of the City Council’s opposition to the ICE facility drew cheers and applause at Newport City Hall as a crowd filled chambers and spilled into the hall.

Newport residents speak out against potential ICE facility

The city of Newport is considering a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on the Oregon Coast, with a public meeting scheduled to discuss the potential impact on local residents.

Emotional testimony against an ICE facility at Newport

One after another, dozens of Newport residents and others stepped up to voice their concerns about having Oregon’s first Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility cited in Newport.