Federal authorities are again asking a judge to order Marion County to provide information about 15 people convicted of serious crimes, many of whom are on local parole, so they can be located by immigration officials and potentially deported. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oreg on filed a petition Wednesday, April 1, requesting a judge enforce subpoenas sent by immigration agents to Marion, Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties seeking personal information on people with previous criminal convictions. None of the counties have provided the requested information to federal agents after administrative subpoenas were sent in January, the petition said.  The subpoena U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent to Marion County was made public in a February court filing. It names 19 individuals, most of whom are on parole for local convictions that include rape, sexual abuse, attempted murder and kidnapping. Immigration authorities asked the county to provide information including addresses and phone numbers. Wednesday’s filing names Marion County Sheriff Nick Hunter and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Community Corrections Division, which oversees parole. Oregon’s sanctuary law generally prohibits government agencies from assisting in federal immigration enforcement by providing such information unless ordered to do so by a judge. An administrative subpoena, which is signed by a federal agent, can only be complied with after a judge enforces it. This is the second time in less than a year federal authorities have sought a judicial order to collect information from Marion County and other governments to enforce federal immigration laws. Last October, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a similar petition for information on three men on parole in Marion County after the county did not provide information. Rather than comply with the subpoena, Marion County filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to weigh in on what county officials claimed were conflicts between sanctuary law, state public records law and federal laws. U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane ordered Marion County to provide the information a month later. He later dismissed the county’s suit on Feb. 23. He is overseeing the new petition, federal court records show. The new petition seeks information on 31 people total. Fifteen of those people have Marion County convictions, followed by 10 in Washington County, five in Multnomah County and one in Clackamas County. Since December, agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have tried to find the individuals through surveillance at previous addresses but were unsuccessful, the petition said. Although the U.S. Attorney’s Office did not identify individuals by name in their filing, Salem Reporter verified the identities and criminal charges of 14 of the 15 people through court records and probation documents provided by Marion County through a previous public records request. Most of the convictions were from the last 10 years, according to Marion County Circuit Court records. In the initial subpoena to Marion County, a special agent with ICE asked for the home addresses, phone numbers, employers and emergency contacts of 19 people, the document shows. Marion County received the subpoena Jan. 22, according to a filing in the county’s previous lawsuit by Steve Elzinga, Marion County’s legal counsel. “Marion County is gathering responsive records and seeks to clarify its legal obligations,” Elzinga wrote. In a March 10 email, Elzinga wrote to an assistant federal attorney that the county “will likely respond to any enforcement action by promptly filing a motion seeking to provide records of violent criminals without including victim information.” Salem Reporter received a copy of the email as part of a previous public records request. Marion County has not filed a federal case specific to the new subpoena, but plans to appeal the dismissal of its previous lawsuit, in pursuit of the clarification on federal and state laws it originally sought in August. Since Marion County received the subpoena, four of the names have been withdrawn from the request, the petition said. The petition and Marion County public records do not make clear why those names were removed from the subpoena. Contact reporter Madeleine Moore: [email protected]. SIGN UP: “Your work helps hold leaders accountable and gives citizens a voice.” Independent reporting gives Salem a stronger voice on issues from homelessness to health care. Be part of that work. Subscribe today. The post Feds seek judge’s order to get Marion County parole records for ICE appeared first on Salem Reporter. ...read more read less