😢 A Portland pizza shop owner is stuck in Mexico

The Latest on ICE in Oregon

A contractor for U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement is looking for hotel rooms in Newport, Ore. A beloved pizza chef is stuck in Mexico. Meanwhile, Portland is waiting on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will likely impact President Trump’s ability to deploy troops here. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

• Related: An acclaimed pizza spot, Reeva Cafe y Cocina a la Leña, has been closed since Nov. 9. Chef and owner Roberto Hernandez Guerrero was working to obtain legal residency, and after attending a final immigration interview in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, he was denied reentry into the U.S. [Bridgetown Bites]
• Related: There’s a GoFundMe for Robert Hernandez Guerrero and his family. [GoFundMe]

High Number of Vacant Affordable Apartments

Almost 1,900 affordable apartments are currently vacant in the city of Portland. That’s 7.4% of the 25,409 public subsidized apartments. Among the reasons are bureaucratic delays in getting people into available apartments and a high number of evictions from affordable housing as renters have lost pandemic-era assistance. [Oregonian]

Legacy Health Care Workers Begin a Strike

More than 100 healthcare workers went on strike yesterday at Legacy Health after almost two years of failed contract negotiations. Legacy officials say they won’t meet with the union until the nurse practitioners, physician associates, and clinical nurse specialists are back on the job, but the union has left the strike open-ended. [KOIN]