I will keep using every avenue available to call out ICE’s overreach and keep our communities safe.
Keep using every available avenue to call out ICE overreach and protect Oregon communities.
Occurrences
We write to express our strong opposition to the Trump Administration detaining and deporting beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Rep. Salinas and Sen. Merkley held a joint press conference in Woodburn, OR, to share the stories of victims of ICE overreach and to promote their recently introduced bill, the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act.
In Congress, I will keep demanding transparency from ICE, fighting to protect access to legal counsel and due process, and pushing for reforms that bring real accountability to ICE, CBP, and our immigration system.
Evidence
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“I have consistently demanded full transparency and accountability from ICE and the Trump Administration for their misconduct, and I will keep using every avenue available to call out ICE’s overreach and keep our communities safe.” ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons confirmed that “ICE is not currently planning to expand current detention facilities or open any new long or short-term detention facilities in Oregon.”
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Salinas and Merkley held a joint press conference in Woodburn, Oregon, to share stories of victims of ICE overreach and promote the ICE and CBP Constitutional Accountability Act. The release says Salinas “has continued to speak out against ICE overreach” and “has conducted oversight visits of the ICE field office in Portland, Oregon, and the ICE detention facility in Tacoma, Washington.”
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The letter asks ICE whether it is planning to expand current detention facilities or open new long or short-term detention facilities in Oregon; whether it will repurpose existing property; and for detailed information on environmental impacts and capacity plans for FY 2026 and FY 2027. It requests a response by Monday, February 23, 2026.
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The bill would create a civil remedy for individuals whose constitutional rights were violated by ICE or CBP officers and agents, making the United States Government liable for such claims and waiving sovereign immunity for covered actions.
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Salinas’ official release says her office was working with Unidos, ACLU Louisiana, and Louisiana Democratic colleagues to contact Juan Miguel Aldape-Palacios and help him obtain legal support after ICE detained him in McMinnville, held him in Tacoma, and transferred him to Louisiana. Salinas also said she would keep demanding ICE transparency, due process, access to counsel, and accountability reforms.
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Statesman Journal reporting says Salinas’ office was involved after two Oregon men were detained by ICE and transferred to Louisiana, and that her office had been working with Unidos, ACLU Louisiana, and Louisiana lawmakers to help Aldape-Palacios contact an attorney and obtain legal support.
Assessments
Salinas took multiple same-term oversight and advocacy actions directly tied to the promise: pressing ICE on Oregon detention expansion, obtaining an ICE response that there were no current Oregon expansion plans, conducting or citing oversight visits, promoting ICE accountability legislation, and coordinating casework/legal-support efforts for Oregon residents detained by ICE. These actions materially advance the promise to call out ICE overreach and protect Oregon communities, but the broader outcome was not fully delivered because detentions/transfers and transparency/access-to-counsel concerns remained unresolved and no durable policy reform is shown as enacted.
The promise was broad and ongoing: to keep using every available avenue to call out ICE overreach and protect Oregon communities. Evidence shows Salinas did materially pursue that promise during her term through oversight letters, public advocacy, oversight visits, and promotion of accountability legislation. There is also a concrete partial outcome: after a Salinas-led letter, ICE stated it was not currently planning to expand or open detention facilities in Oregon, which supports some protective effect for Oregon communities. However, the record does not show a full, durable resolution of ICE overreach or comprehensive protection for Oregon communities, nor passage of the accountability bill. Because she clearly acted and achieved a limited but meaningful result, this is best scored as partial rather than delivered or never.