{"id":23219,"date":"2025-10-22T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23219"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:34:41","slug":"dexter-wyden-merkley-bonamici-press-ice-to-release-portland-mother-after-court-clears-her-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/dexter-wyden-merkley-bonamici-press-ice-to-release-portland-mother-after-court-clears-her-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Dexter, Wyden, Merkley, Bonamici Press ICE to Release Portland Mother After Court Clears Her Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, O<\/strong>\u2014 Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03) led a carta<\/a> with Senators Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately release Jackie Merlos, a Portland mother who remains detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) despite an immigration judge terminating her removal proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMs. Merlos holds U-Deferred Action status, a valid work permit through 2029, and has not been charged with a crime. To date, the Department of Homeland Security has not provided us with any explanation for why she was detained for so long by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and why she is still being held at NWIPC by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),\u201d escribieron los legisladores.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The lawmakers emphasized that in addition to the court\u2019s decision to terminate her case, more than thirty community members have written in support of Jackie Merlos. The letters of support come from friends, employers, pastors, and nonprofit leaders, describing her as a \u201cgenerous, deeply respected, hardworking, small business owner, who is devoted to her church congregation, neighbors, and family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawmakers demanded ICE immediately reunite Jackie with her young children. Read the entire letter aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackie Merlos\u00a0is a Portland mother and small business owner who was disappeared and detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with her four U.S. citizen children<\/a> after a visit to Peace Arch Park last summer. After learning of Jackie and her children\u2019s detention, Dexter personally drove to Washington State\u00a0to demand their release<\/a>. Dexter worked with\u00a0Senators Wyden and Merkley to secure an emergency court order halting her deportation<\/a>, allowing her children to be released and Jackie access to legal counsel. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Dexter spotlighted the Merlos family\u2019s story in a congressional shadow hearing titled\u202fKidnapped and Disappeared: Trump\u2019s Assault Destroys U.S. Families and Communities.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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