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MEDIA ADVISORY: Nurses And Legislators To Announce ‘Healthcare Without Fear Act' Friday To Protect Patients And Hold ICE Accountable In Hospitals - 01/29/26

FOR MEDIA PLANNING PURPOSES 

PRESS CONFERENCE 

 

Healthcare Without Fear Act – SB 1570 
Friday, Jan. 30  
11 a.m. 
Oregon Nurses Association 
Third Floor Conf. Room 
18765 SW Boones Ferry Rd, Tualatin, OR 97062  

Livestream available on ONA's Facebook page 

 

WHAT: Nurses and frontline healthcare workers, state legislators and immigration advocates are announcing new legislation to keep Oregon’s hospitals safe and hold federal immigration officers accountable to the same standards as other law enforcement officers in our hospitals and clinics. 

 

WHEN: Friday, Jan. 30 at 11 a.m.

 

WHERE: Oregon Nurses Association Headquarters 

18765 SW Boones Ferry Rd, Tualatin, OR 97062 
Third Floor Conference Room 
Take the elevator to the third floor and turn right 

Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/OregonNursesAssociation

 

WHO: Oregon state legislators who are sponsoring the Healthcare Without Fear Act (Oregon Senate bill 1570) along with frontline nurses, healthcare workers and immigration law experts.  

 

Planned Speakers: 

  • State Senator Wlnsvey Campos, Chief Sponsor 
  • State Representative Dacia Grayber, Chief Sponsor 
  • State Representative Lamar Wise, Sponsor 
  • ONA President Tamie Cline, RN 
  • ONA leader Stephanie Funk, RN 
  • ONA leader Erica Swartz, RN 
  • Isa Peña, Director of Strategy at the Innovation Law Lab 
  • Representatives from Oregon AFSCME

Speaker lineup is subject to change.  

 

WHY: Hospitals and clinics must be places of healing—not fear, intimidation, and detention. In 2025, the Trump administration began allowing immigration enforcement actions in hospitals, clinics, schools, and places of worship—leading to violence, harassment, intimidation. 

 

In Oregon, federal immigration officers recently shot two people in a hospital parking lot in Portland and arrested an entire family while they were trying to take their sick 7-year-old daughter to the ER. Federal officers have also been bringing detainees from the Portland ICE facility and people injured in ICE actions to local hospitals for healthcare. Immigration officers have not always followed standard hospital protocols; creating very real safety and security risks for patients and staff. 

 

Federal agents have reportedly pressured doctors and nurses to skip recommended healthcare so they could discharge detained patients more quickly, refused to step away during private health consultations which include protected health information or sensitive medical exams, freely roamed patient hallways, and removed hospitalized patients against medical advice. These activities violate HIPAA, undermine trust in healthcare providers and our health system, and jeopardize patients’ care. 

 

The Healthcare Without Fear Act—Oregon Senate Bill 1570—prevents hospitals from being weaponized by federal agencies by requiring federal immigration officers to follow the same standards as other law enforcement in Oregon hospitals and clinics, protects patients’ and workers’ rights, and helps ensure all people can access healthcare without fearing for their health and safety.

 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Nurses And Legislators To Announce ‘Healthcare Without Fear Act' Friday To Protect Patients And Hold ICE Accountable In Hospitals - 01/29/26

FOR MEDIA PLANNING PURPOSES 

PRESS CONFERENCE 

 

Healthcare Without Fear Act – SB 1570 
Friday, Jan. 30  
11 a.m. 
Oregon Nurses Association 
Third Floor Conf. Room 
18765 SW Boones Ferry Rd, Tualatin, OR 97062  

Livestream available on ONA's Facebook page 

 

WHAT: Nurses and frontline healthcare workers, state legislators and immigration advocates are announcing new legislation to keep Oregon’s hospitals safe and hold federal immigration officers accountable to the same standards as other law enforcement officers in our hospitals and clinics. 

 

WHEN: Friday, Jan. 30 at 11 a.m.

 

WHERE: Oregon Nurses Association Headquarters 

18765 SW Boones Ferry Rd, Tualatin, OR 97062 
Third Floor Conference Room 
Take the elevator to the third floor and turn right 

Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/OregonNursesAssociation

 

WHO: Oregon state legislators who are sponsoring the Healthcare Without Fear Act (Oregon Senate bill 1570) along with frontline nurses, healthcare workers and immigration law experts.  

 

Planned Speakers: 

  • State Senator Wlnsvey Campos, Chief Sponsor 
  • State Representative Dacia Grayber, Chief Sponsor 
  • State Representative Lamar Wise, Sponsor 
  • ONA President Tamie Cline, RN 
  • ONA leader Stephanie Funk, RN 
  • ONA leader Erica Swartz, RN 
  • Isa Peña, Director of Strategy at the Innovation Law Lab 
  • Representatives from Oregon AFSCME

Speaker lineup is subject to change.  

 

WHY: Hospitals and clinics must be places of healing—not fear, intimidation, and detention. In 2025, the Trump administration began allowing immigration enforcement actions in hospitals, clinics, schools, and places of worship—leading to violence, harassment, intimidation. 

 

In Oregon, federal immigration officers recently shot two people in a hospital parking lot in Portland and arrested an entire family while they were trying to take their sick 7-year-old daughter to the ER. Federal officers have also been bringing detainees from the Portland ICE facility and people injured in ICE actions to local hospitals for healthcare. Immigration officers have not always followed standard hospital protocols; creating very real safety and security risks for patients and staff. 

 

Federal agents have reportedly pressured doctors and nurses to skip recommended healthcare so they could discharge detained patients more quickly, refused to step away during private health consultations which include protected health information or sensitive medical exams, freely roamed patient hallways, and removed hospitalized patients against medical advice. These activities violate HIPAA, undermine trust in healthcare providers and our health system, and jeopardize patients’ care. 

 

The Healthcare Without Fear Act—Oregon Senate Bill 1570—prevents hospitals from being weaponized by federal agencies by requiring federal immigration officers to follow the same standards as other law enforcement in Oregon hospitals and clinics, protects patients’ and workers’ rights, and helps ensure all people can access healthcare without fearing for their health and safety.

 

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