The Portland City Council on Wednesday is poised to back a pair of proposals that seek to oppose or limit federal actions targeting Oregon’s most populous city amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and attempts to deploy National Guard troops.

Councilors will weigh a sweeping resolution that its sponsors have billed as “a safeguard for Portlanders targeted by the Trump administration’s aggressive federal overreach.” A separate proposed ordinance scheduled for Wednesday’s council meeting would codify the city’s sanctuary status as federal law enforcement continues to ramp up its arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants.

While both initiatives are largely administrative and unlikely to spur significant changes within city government, their proponents see t

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