Rep. Dexter Says Gresham Family Who Was Detained Near Portland Hospital 'Did Everything Right'

Rep. Dexter says Gresham family who was detained near Portland hospital 'did everything right'

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Congresswoman Maxine Dexter spoke with KOIN 6 on Wednesday after her journey to Texas to bring home a Gresham family detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement The Crespo-Gonzalez family was arrested by I.C.E. last month when they said they were on their way to a southeast Portland hospital to seek medical [...]

Oregon congresswoman questions legitimacy of Gresham family’s detention

Despite three weeks of advocating for the release of an Oregon family in a Texas detention facility, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter said she’s ultimately unsure why U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did just that last week. “I don’t know why they released them,” Dexter told OPB.Immigration officials held the Crespo-Gonzalez family at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, for three weeks after arresting them in a hospita…

Oregon family detained by federal agents appear as special guests in state capitol

Lawmakers in the Oregon House of Representatives welcomed Darianny González, her husband Yohendry Crespo and their child Diana Crespo to the Oregon Capitol on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle)Diana Crespo, 7, and her parents spent three weeks in a Texas detention center, locked up 2,000 miles from their Gresham home after federal immigration officers detained them in a clinic parking lot.   On Wednesday, days a…