Those of us who came to America as children can’t risk buying a home or starting a business when the next president could deport us.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
U.S. reverts to targeted immigration enforcement
The agency drew fierce criticism under former President Trump for arresting and removing anyone in the country illegally regardless of criminal history or community ties.
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Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
USM grows scholarship program for disadvantaged and first-generation students
A Scarborough couple’s effort to help a handful of Portland-area students pay for college has grown to an endowed scholarship fund that aims to help 100 Maine students at a time graduate debt-free.
Posted inNation & World
Biden plans to boost U.S. admissions of refugees after Trump slashed cap
Biden plans to announce that he will increase the cap on the number of refugees to more than eight times the level at which the Trump administration left it.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Maine has plenty of room for immigrants
Contrary to what you might have read on a bumper sticker, we are not full.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Undocumented immigrants deserve COVID relief, too
The third stimulus must provide these children with aid by including their taxpaying parents, regardless of their legal status.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Supreme Court shouldn’t have punted on Trump’s census order
A new ruling addresses only the timing, not the merits, of the president’s unconstitutional directive to subtract undocumented immigrants from the count.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: When immigrants like him come knocking, he’ll be waiting at Maine’s door
Reza Jalali, the new head of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, is the right person at the right time for a crucial job.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s senators can help countless people with inclusive stimulus package
Global relief measures would enable poor countries to stave off famine, at no cost to Mainers or other U.S. taxpayers.
Posted inNation & World
Judge blocks Trump policy to expel migrant children
The order authorized the immediate expulsion of children who crossed the southern border during the pandemic.