Oregon immigrant rights attorneys who have sued the federal government to ensure people detained by immigration authorities have access to attorneys will have a second chance in December to make their case.

The lawyers last month asked U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to issue a temporary restraining order requiring that people held without warrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement be kept in Oregon for at least three days before being moved to long-term detention.

The goal was to make sure the government upholds people’s constitutional right to consult with a lawyer.

But during an Oct. 24 hearing, attorneys for Innovation Law Lab walked away from their main request after attorneys for the federal government argued that ICE isn’t permitted to hold people in Portland — one of

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