By Julia Shumway | Editor
“Ask the officer to display their department identification and badge. Ask where they work and if you can contact their dispatch center to confirm their identity. In Oregon, local, state and federal law enforcement officers may not wear face coverings except in specific circumstances and must clearly display identification showing the agency they represent.” — Oregon State Police advice on how to recognize if individuals purporting to be law enforcement really are after a July incident in which two masked men allegedly impersonating federal immigration officers detained a driver near Woodburn and forced them into their car where a third person assaulted them. But there’s an issue with OSP’s advice, Shaanth Nanguneri reports: ICE has stated it won’t follow a state law requiring all law enforcement agencies in the state to keep their faces uncovered except in rare circumstances, making it harder for Oregonians to tell federal officers apart from people impersonating them.
Also in today's edition:
U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas talks preventing ICE-caused deaths
Another appeals court reaches a different conclusion on mail voting restrictions, teeing up Supreme Court fight
The Idaho wolf killing story we teased yesterday
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By Shaanth Nanguneri
A street ends at an empty field at the edge of Woodburn's urban growth boundary. An incident where three men allegedly assaulted and pulled over someone by faking their identity as immigration agents took place on a highway near the city on July 17. (Photo by Robin Linares/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
After announcing an investigation into masked armed men allegedly impersonating immigration agents off a highway by one of Oregon’s most immigrant-heavy cities, Oregon State Police offered tips to ensure residents could confirm the identity of law enforcement pulling them over.
By Mia Maldonado
U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, joined colleagues in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Houston last week to push for more federal oversight after federal immigration agents kill at least eight people since the start of the second Trump administration. (Courtesy of the Office of U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas)
Congressional leaders, including Oregon’s U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, are demanding answers regarding recent high-profile deaths involving immigration agents.
By Jacob Fischler
A mailbox in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can continue implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting vote-by-mail, reaching the opposite conclusion that another appeals panel decided over the weekend.
By Clark Corbin | Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho’s wolf population decreased to an estimated 1,129 animals in 2025 as state officials work to reduce the population through expanded hunting and trapping, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials said this month.
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