The apprehension of a twice-deported Sinaloa Cartel leader in the state capital on May 6 as part of the biggest fentanyl bust in U.S. history has animated the debate over Oregon’s sanctuary state policies.
Republican lawmakers swiftly introduced a bill to roll back the protections afforded by the state’s first-in-the-nation sanctuary law, which garnered rare bipartisan support but failed to make it to the House floor.
The Department of Justice said that 16 people were arrested across five states in the bust, including 36-year-old Heriberto Salazar Amaya, allegedly the leader of a drug trafficking ring, who was living in Salem….