Whether it’s brazen or subtle, discrimination keeps minority students from learning and puts districts at legal risk.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Giving amnesty to Dreamers would be immigration’s Trojan horse
If given citizenship those immigrants could sponsor their immediate family for legal status as well.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump’s refugee cap contradicts the high ideals that founded America
Those willing to risk their lives getting here want to contribute toward building a better country.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine business leaders join calls to protect young immigrants
The Maine State Chamber and other business leaders say the deportation of ‘Dreamers’ would hurt the economy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine sheriffs should join Cumberland, York counties in resisting LePage’s push to comply with ICE
Yielding to federal immigration detainer requests leaves jails open to lawsuits and violates constitutional protections.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Mexican citizen sentenced for smuggling other immigrants into Maine
Silvino Orduna-Cabrera was sentenced to time he has already served.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage says he’ll remove sheriffs who refuse to hold certain inmates for immigration agents
The governor’s comments come after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce says it is unconstitutional to hold prisoners beyond their release dates without a warrant.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Tensions in Quebec reflect challenges faced by multicultural Canada
Can a government treat all minorities with respect and fairness while offering extra protections to the groups it deems especially worth defending?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Trump makes a bold, bipartisan move on DACA
The president deserves praise for bucking his party to do something positive for ‘dreamers.’
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Attorney General Mills joins lawsuit, says rollback of DACA threatens ‘justice itself’
Maine is now among 20 states challenging the Trump decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and its deportation protections.