Rep. Maxine Dexter escorted a family — including a 7-year-old girl — from an immigration detention facility in Texas back to Oregon on Saturday. The Crespo-Gonzalez family was detained last month while bringing their sick child to urgent care.

We sit down with Dexter, D-Oregon, to hear about that experience and her work in Congress focused on Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding and policy.

OPB reporter Holly Bartholomew covers Portland’s suburban communities as a Report for America Corps member. We also talk with her about how the family is doing now and the latest developments around federal immigration actions in Oregon.

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