Oregon State Police Shared Residents' Private Data with Homeland Security Without Warning, Suit Alleges

Oregon Lawsuit Challenges Data-Sharing Law Between Law Enforcement and Federal Immigration Agencies

A new lawsuit filed in Oregon challenges a law designed to enhance coordination between state police and federal immigration enforcement, igniting a fierce debate over privacy rights and public safety. The legal action specifically targets a measure known as Senate Bill 67, which allows the Oregon State Police to share biometric data, such as fingerprints and photographs, with federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Privacy Advocates Cry Foul

Civil liberties groups swiftly criticized SB 67, arguing it bypasses legal safeguards. One plaintiff—identifying heavily as an immigrant-rights organization from the area—called it a mechanism reminiscent of a database format for future detaining practices. At the heart of the challenge: opponents claims the policy builds unlawfully on personal details for non-policing and potentially profit-making purposes when selling such portraits to verification services known best associated with technologies scanning documents and working as match-making for jail cells.

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