Update: A judge ordered Francisco Aguirre to be conditionally released from custody Friday. He cannot leave the state and a trial is set for January. PORTLAND, Ore. -- The man behind a high-profile ...

Dirk VanderHart Supporters for local immigrants' rights advocate Francisco Aguirre outside of the federal courthouse this afternoon. Francisco Aguirre has, at this point, worked for years to advocate ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- After a long year and half battle with the federal government, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its charge of "illegal re-entry" against immigrant activist Francisco Aguirre.

Since local immigrants' rights advocate Francisco Aguirre took sanctuary in a local church—attracting national attention and the goodwill of local leaders—his federal pursuers have been laying in wait ...

Portland-area labor activist Francisco Aguirre pledged to keep fighting against immigration policies that landed him in jail Thursday night on a federal hold. He emerged from the Multnomah County ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped a charge of illegal re-entry against an immigrant activist who took refuge at an Oregon church in 2014 to avoid deportation. Assistant ...

While surrounded by a group of supporters, Francisco Aguirre speaks about his asylum at Augustana Lutheran Church last week. Earlier that day, federal immigration agents went to his home to detain him ...