The legal elite won’t accept that it’s the president and not the courts with authority on security issues.
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President’s Florida visit has all the trappings of a Trump campaign rally
Surrounded by friends and foes, he stops in Melbourne to assail the media and praise his supporters.
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Maine Voices: Immigrants made America great
The story of America is only the story of new arrivals arriving, striving and becoming Americans in their own ways.
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Trump’s pick for labor secretary employed undocumented worker
The disclosure adds to a growing list of issues that could derail Andrew Puzder’s confirmation.
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Maine Voices: Yes, immigrants need Maine, but Maine needs immigrants as well
Instead of allowing fear to prevail, let our state be a ‘land of the free’ and ‘home of the brave.’
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Commentary: The story of poet and refugee advocate Emma Lazarus and her connection to Lady Liberty
Her indelible words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free” have been weaponized by those protesting President Trump’s border policies.
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Dana Milbank: Watch what Senate Republicans do under Trump, not just what they say
The Judiciary Committee missed a golden chance to influence immigration ban.
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Family waits, hopes to be reunited with daughter left in Iraq
Labed Al-Hanfy’s daughter is in immigration limbo because of President Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.
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Protesters say ‘immigrants are welcome here’ as 1,500 rally in Portland to oppose Trump’s order
The crowd shows support for Maine’s Muslims and immigrants in response to the president’s suspension of refugee programs and admissions from seven Muslim-majority nations.
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Trump fires acting attorney general who ordered staff not to defend immigration ban
Sally Yates, an Obama administration appointee, is replaced by Dana Boente, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, hours after issuing the order to the Justice Department staff.