Immigration Detention Emergency Declaration Passes In Hillsboro Done But Many Questions Remain

The City of Hillsboro City Council and City Staff met last night for almost 6 hours for the second time in two weeks.  A 1-hour work session at 6 PM set up a State Of Emergency Resolution regarding ICE and how the city will respond, within the law. At 7 PM, a Public Meeting was held, during which the Resolution was voted on and passed, followed by over 2 hours of public testimony from dozens of Hillsboro residents.  After the Public meeting, a second work session was held, during which further discussion focused on Police response, which has been minimal to date.

KOIN news covered the story well:

The Herald will produce additional content and storylines over the next 24 hours.  At this time, it is enough to say that an Emergency Resolution was passed, the testimony was passionate and heartbreaking, and anger and frustration are rising by the minute.  Businesses are failing, parents are removing their children from schools, arrests are rising, and a cold chill has fallen across the entire City and region.  Calls for more action were consistent and strong- it was a tough night to be a City of Hillsboro Councilor or staff member.

Here is a great way for those of you who were not able to be there to watch the testimony and the proceedings, as well as to download and or keep a record of the proceedings from last night.

Go to https://tvctv.org/hillsboro/ –

Click the Watch button- as noted above.

Click the square box to watch full screen- you can also read the Emergency Declaration on the left hand side by scrolling down.

The testimony starts as about 1:12 on the slider bar below.

More to follow this evening.