AltWeeklies Wire
The Newest Portlandersnew
Meet the refugees from the most violent places on the planet.
Willamette Week |
Leah Sottile |
10-02-2015 |
Immigration
Hidden in Americanew
For a child of illegal immigrants, life remains in the shadows.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
01-19-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Dream Act
Tres Strikes for Sen. Gordon Smithnew
How an undocumented immigrant worked at Smith Frozen Foods for nearly a decade.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
09-24-2008 |
Immigration
Seeds of a Portland Immigration Battle are Sproutingnew
One year after a federal immigration raid at Del Monte Fresh Produce, three ex-workers at the North Portland food-processing plant are trying to lead a class-action lawsuit against the fruit company and the staffing agency that hired them.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
06-11-2008 |
Immigration
Opening Portland's First Day-Labor Hiring Center Turns Out to be a Hasslenew
Plans for the center seemed so simple: a single-wide trailer. Two Port-A-Potties. And as many laborers as could fit under a 30-foot tent. But nothing is ever simple when the city is Portland and the issue is land use.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
04-30-2008 |
Immigration
Portland's New Tent Citynew
The city's day labor site on MLK Boulevard still has fences to climb.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
03-12-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
He's an ... Illegal Eh-liennew
He's stealing our jobs and our women. Plus, he talks funny. Meet Morgan, the illegal Canadian immigrant.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-20-2008 |
Immigration
Oregon's Undocumented Immigrants Race to Get ID Cardsnew
With less than seven weeks until new driver's license rules take effect, crowds are descending on the Mexican Consulate to get ID cards that let them get licenses under the more favorable, existing regulations.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-19-2007 |
Immigration
The Final Journeynew
One growing business thanks to illegal immigration: burying undocumented Mexicans abroad.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
12-12-2007 |
Immigration
PDX Del Monte Plant Reopens After Immigration Raidnew
After the June immigration raid at Fresh Del Monte, production halted, then continued. WW revisited the St. Johns plant. Here's what we found.
Willamette Week |
Ryan White |
07-30-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
After the Raid: What's Up at the Produce Plant?new
After the June immigration raid at Fresh Del Monte, production halted, then continued -- we revisited the plant to see how it was operating now.
Willamette Week |
Ryan White |
07-25-2007 |
Immigration
Illegal Scholarnew
Carlos is a bright high-school senior who wants to go to college but faces a perplexing problem: he's also an undocumented immigrant.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-16-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Out of Africanew
Portlanders shine a spotlight on the Ethiopian crisis.
Willamette Week |
Julie Sabatier |
11-01-2006 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
