Legislators should ask why the non-issue of female genital mutilation in Maine is suddenly his big priority.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
As DACA deadline looms, dozens of Maine residents face uncertainty
Young undocumented immigrants are worried as the program’s expiration date of March 5 nears.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
System is broken, says Rhode Island mother released from immigration detention
She and her husband went to the citizenship office for a routine interview, and next thing she knew, she was in custody.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Work on front lines of immigration deeply moves UMaine law students
A program that dispatches volunteers to Texas detention centers so they can offer legal aid to border crossers provides both an educational and emotional experience.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Waterville father should not be deported to Haiti
Cool analysis, not hot rhetoric, should be driving decisions on how to apply the law.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: If Congress doesn’t find a solution for Dreamers, I could be deported
I grew up in Portland, and I’m asking Sen. Susan Collins to keep me and others here in our home.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Portland Adult Education students need a ride to get to class
People have dipped into their paychecks and hearts to support those who are building new lives here.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Democrats, DACA, and an unnecessary shutdown
Holding government funding hostage to pursue legislative victories is a misuse of power.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Hope shines through fog of immigration chaos
Work in a Maine refugee rights clinic offers glimpses of resilient immigrants determined to fight to keep their protected status.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Democrats just got rolled – and they can blame Obama
The shutdown was a crisis that Obama helped create with his broken immigration promises.