The ‘relentless challenge’ of finding workers is leaving crops rotting in the field.
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Texas won’t pay for educating kids in migrant shelters
Officials say it is not their responsibility to educate children housed in federal detention.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Canadian candidate uses anti-immigration crusade to upend party system
Maxime Bernier reinvents himself as the nation’s leading critic of the ‘extreme multiculturalism and cult of diversity.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Report touts immigrants’ economic contributions to Greater Portland
A study done with the Portland Regional Chamber finds foreign-born residents pumped $1.2 billion into the area’s economy in 2016.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Gubernatorial candidates oppose letting non-citizens vote
The four top contenders for the Blaine House agree that immigrants should become citizens before they are given the right to vote, even if only in municipal elections.
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Suspect in Iowa college student’s slaying used fake name at work
Co-workers at a dairy farm are stunned to learn that Cristhian Bahena Rivera is charged in Mollie Tibbetts’ death.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage tells Portland mayor it’s illegal to give voting rights to non-citizens
The governor points to several state laws and suggests dropping the ‘politically correct boondoggle,’ but his opinion is unlikely to influence city voters, Ethan Strimling says.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump’s anti-immigrant zealotry extends even to those documented
The president doesn’t want to realize that such bias may be detrimental to all Americans.
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‘Turn the plane around.’ Judge halts deportation, threatens Sessions with contempt
A mother and daughter were flown to El Salvador while a court hearing appealing their deportation was underway.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Dana Milbank: Far from border, immigration policy tears apart a veteran’s family
The zero-tolerance cruelty includes deporting spouses of hundreds of people who fought for their country.