Oregon Senate Democrats unanimously voted to kill an effort to require that federal authorities be notified when an illegal immigrant convicted of a violent felony is about to be released from prison, leading the chamber’s top Republican to say the majority is choosing ideology over common sense.In Oregon’s legislature, the minority caucus is permitted to file an alternative "minority report" to a majority party-led bill, which would then replace the majority’s legislation before it heads to the governor as a "last-ditch" effort to amend or stop a proposal, according to a source familiar with...

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