What's going on in Portland, Ore., that might contribute to fewer ICE arrests?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In having a presence here, we force ICE to also be here.
54% : Another factor is the statewide sanctuary law, which limits cooperation by local police and jails with ICE.
53% : New statistics from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, show arrests dipped again in July, roughly 13% month to month.
47% : Instead, she says, they're just asking ICE to, quote, "do their job correctly."Martin
46% : And when ICE is here, they're not out kidnapping people, right?KASTE:
46% : She says one strategy when they get word of an arrest is to file a habeas corpus petition before ICE can transport someone across the state line to Washington, where the nearest overnight detention center is.
45% : The fact that ICE doesn't have an overnight detention center in Oregon is a practical impediment to immigration arrests here, which lag behind neighboring states.
43% : ICE wouldn't respond to NPR's requests for comment on this story.
39% : And because ICE does not have any detention facilities, they are often let go.
38% : In response to this kind of criticism, Isa Pena says she doesn't think the hotline system is making it harder for ICE to do its job.

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