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July 15, 2025

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigration Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Immigrants

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined a group of 21 Senate Democrats in pressing the Trump administration on its recent initiatives to weaponize immigration court hearings by terminating those cases and deporting people without due process. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons, the senators condemned these actions as a… Continue Reading

July 15, 2025

Dexter, Wyden, Merkley Secure Emergency Court Order to Halt Deportation of Portland Family, Grant Access to Legal Counsel

PORTLAND, OR —Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), along with U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, announced that a federal judge granted an emergency temporary restraining order preventing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from removing the Merlos family from the court’s jurisdiction. Dexter, Wyden, and Merkley released the following joint statement:   “Our constituents, including four U.S. citizen children, were detained without due process by their own government. T… Continue Reading

July 15, 2025

Wyden, Warren Press Social Security Commissioner on Broken Staffing Promises

U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., today demanded the Social Security Administration answer reports that the agency is reassigning thousands of field office employees to staff a “pilot” phone program aimed at reducing hours-long phone wait times.  Wyden and Warren wrote Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano that after gutting the agency’s workforce, these latest moves will further drain field offices, creating even longer wait times for Americans relying on S… Continue Reading

 The Oregon Way

April 07, 2025

How the Path to Fight Back Begins for Oregonians

January 24, 2025

In Oregon, There’s Always a Way—It’s the OREGON WAY

November 15, 2024

Turning the Oregon Way up to 11(01)

This month, I held my 1,101st town hall (my 36th of 2024) to keep my pledge to hold an open-to-all town hall in every nook and cranny, in each and every county of Oregon, every year.  … Continue Reading

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