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City of Cottage Grove, police, violate Oregon’s sanctuary law, lawsuit claims
The city of Cottage Grove and its police section have utilized general public resources to enable with federal immigration enforcement, in violation of Oregon legislation, according to a lawsuit submitted Tuesday in Lane County Circuit Court docket. The lawsuit, filed by the Rural Organizing Task, states the town and law enforcement have “adopted policies” that “instruct officers to interact in routines that constitute immigration enforcement and to use public sources to help and aid federal agencies in their immigration enforcement routines.” The lawsuit seeks a court injunction to stop the town and its law enforcement from “unlawfully making use of community resources to engage or assist in the enforcement of…

