Largest sweep on federal land begins in Oregon

Largest sweep on federal land begins in Oregon

Law enforcement and logging trucks rumbled into Deschutes National Forest in the dark morning hours of May 1 at 3 a.m. The largest encampment sweep on federal land ever, which evicted everyone living in the China Hat area — just south of Bend, Oregon — began after a federal judge denied the complaint for an injunction and a temporary restraining order, which had been intended to give residents more time to find alternative housing.