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Mayor McGriff reads regional mayors' statement opposing militarized federal immigration enforcement
Summary
At the end of the Oct. 1 meeting Mayor Denise C. McGriff read a joint statement prepared by regional mayors opposing deployment of militarized federal immigration enforcement without local consent and affirming commitments to civil rights and community-based safety.
Mayor Denise C. McGriff read a prepared statement at the Oct. 1 Oregon City Commission meeting that echoed a regional mayors’ position opposing militarized federal immigration enforcement without local consent and affirming commitments to constitutional protections and community-based public safety.
The statement criticized deployment of militarized federal agents without the consent of local elected officials and the public, argued that such deployments can undermine community trust and inflame protests, and asserted support for the U.S. Constitution, civil and human rights, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (referenced earlier in the meeting). The prepared text cited economic and workforce contributions of immigrant communities to the region and noted that local and regional leaders have supported legal challenges to federal overreach.
Mayor McGriff read the statement in full, noting it was initially prepared by a peer mayor and revised by metropolitan mayors. No formal action, resolution or vote was taken at the meeting on the text as read.
The reading was delivered as a commission-level statement of concern and solidarity; commissioners did not take a formal vote to adopt it as a city policy during the meeting.
