A family photo showing Paulino Martin San Pedro, who was arrested in Washington County by ICE officers during a surge in immigration enforcement last fall, was deported to Mexico and died in February.
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Last fall and winter, after President Trump claimed Portland was “war ravaged” and threatened to send in the National Guard, immigration detentions in Oregon skyrocketed and became more aggressive. We learn what happened next to two families whose loved ones were among more than a thousand Oregonians caught up in what the government called “Operation Black Rose.”
When part of a family is missing, what gets left behind?
Learn more by watching the latest episode of OPB’s documentary series, “The Crackdown.”
Listen to all episodes of “The Evergreen” podcast here.
