{"id":230,"date":"2008-12-10T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rop.org\/challenging-measure-5-190\/"},"modified":"2019-06-06T07:17:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T14:17:41","slug":"challenging-measure-5-190","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/update\/challenging-measure-5-190\/","title":{"rendered":"Desafiante Medida 5-190"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">December 11, 2008<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><b>Contacts: <\/b><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Marcy Westerling, Director, Rural Organizing Project, (503) 543-8417 or (503) 543-3647&nbsp; <br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">D. Michael Dale, Executive Director, Northwest Workers&#8217; Justice Project, (503) 357-8290<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Meg Heaton, Staff Attorney, Northwest Workers&#8217; Justice Project, (503) 525-8454<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">David Fidanque, Executive Director, ACLU of Oregon, (541) 954-7731<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Brian Willoughby, Communications Director, ACLU of Oregon, (503) 502-7675<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Coalition Challenges Measure 5-190 <br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Anti-Immigrant Law Exceeds Columbia County Jurisdiction and Violates State Law<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><b>ST. HELENS, Ore.<\/b><\/font><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"> &ndash; A coalition of social justice groups and business owners is formally challenging Measure 5-190, an anti-immigrant law recently passed by voters in Columbia County. The ACLU of Oregon and Northwest Workers&rsquo; Justice Project, on behalf of the coalition, filed the complaint today in Columbia County Circuit Court. <br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Our Complaint for Declaratory Relief contends that Measure 1-590, which would fine employers for hiring or employing undocumented immigrants:<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">&bull;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab\"><\/noscript>Exceeds the powers of Columbia County as granted by the state of Oregon;<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">&bull;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab\"><\/noscript>Violates the Single Subject requirement of the Oregon Constitution; and<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">&bull;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab lazyload\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/timesaretoughenough.homestead.com\/tp.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"lpxtab\"><\/noscript>Is preempted by existing state laws, as well as land-use statutes and regulations.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">The coalition includes Rural Organizing Project, Columbia County Citizens for Human Dignity, Columbia County business owner and resident Gary Liao, CAUSA Immigrant Rights Coalition and others.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">&ldquo;The measure, as written, contains errors, omissions, confuses jurisdictions and oversteps its bounds,&rdquo; said Columbia County business owner Gary Liao. &ldquo;Can a county government, for example, rescind a city- or state-given license? And fairness for all concerned requires action at the federal level. What would this nation look like if every local jurisdiction passed unique and contradictory laws seeking to enforce federal immigration policy?&rdquo; <br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"> <br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">On Nov. 4, 2008, Columbia County voters passed Measure 5-190, which imposes fines of up to $10,000 and threatens the loss of business licenses for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">&ldquo;Clearly, there has been a vacuum of leadership on immigration reform at the federal level,&rdquo; said Marcy Westerling, Director of the Rural Organizing Project in Scappoose. &ldquo;The proper response to that frustration is not to enact a mismatched patchwork of local laws seeking to usurp federal authority on this issue. Such an approach is misguided and unmanageable.&rdquo;<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Even Columbia County Counsel Sarah Hanson has issued a public statement saying the measure has &ldquo;numerous legal flaws and &hellip; [is] unlikely to survive a legal challenge.&rdquo;<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Similar measures in Hazelton, Pa.; Farmers Branch, Texas; Escondido, Calif; and other jurisdictions already have been struck down. <br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Proponent Wayne Mayo, a local building contractor, has said he modeled the measure on Arizona&rsquo;s Legal Worker Act. While that law has passed some court scrutiny, it still faces continued challenges regarding its constitutionality. Already, the state there has spent more than $75,000 in legal fees defending the law and has budgeted $2.6 million this fiscal year for enforcement and notification.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Mayo&rsquo;s law also relies on E-Verify, a federal database designed to check employees&rsquo; names against Social Security records. That database has proven to be very flawed and ineffective. One transposed digit or misspelled name could flag longtime citizens as &ldquo;illegal.&rdquo; <br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<p><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\">Attorneys handling the case are: D. Michael Dale, Steven Goldberg and Meg Heaton for Northwest Workers&#8217; Justice Project; ACLU Cooperating Attorneys Bruce L. Campbell and Elisa J. Dozono, both of Miller Nash LLP; Stephen W. Manning of the Immigrant Law Group; and Chin See Ming, Legal Director for the ACLU of Oregon. The complaint asks the court to declare Measure 5-190 invalid and award reasonable attorneys&rsquo; fees and costs.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"><b>S T. HELENS, Ore.<\/b><\/font><font face=\"Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" class=\"size10 Helvetica10\"> - Una coalici\u00f3n de grupos de justicia social y due\u00f1os de negocios est\u00e1 desafiando formalmente la Medida 5-190, una ley antiinmigrante aprobada recientemente por los votantes en el condado de Columbia. La ACLU de Oregon y Northwest Workers &#039;Justice Project, en nombre de la coalici\u00f3n, present\u00f3 la demanda hoy en el Tribunal de Circuito del Condado de Columbia ...<\/font><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","areaofwork":[22],"class_list":["post-230","update","type-update","status-publish","hentry","areaofwork-immigrant-justice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/update"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"areaofwork","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rop.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areaofwork?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}