Robert Dodson, Author at Lookout Eugene-Springfield

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ICE violates a sacred American pledge

by Robert Dodson December 18, 2025January 28, 2026

On Nov. 5, Juanita Avila, a local business owner, was pulled over and thrown onto the roadside by unidentified, masked ICE agents before they discovered the green card in her pocket that she’d told them was there… Had this been a singular case of mistaken identity, it might have been forgiven or settled privately in a civil suit. But it wasn’t an isolated case.