Outreach organizations fear that Trump administration officials may try to deport the immigrant communities they need to count.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: In Dr. King’s vision, create ‘a beloved community’
We should keep Martin Luther King Jr. Day front and center in our lives, every day, every year.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Acting director: ICE is here to uphold the law, protect the community
Baseless rhetoric, like the kind expressed at recent protests in Portland, overlooks the agency’s contributions to national security and public safety.
Posted inNation & World, News
Federal judge blocks Trump order allowing states, cities to reject refugee resettlement
Three national refugee resettlement agencies argued the order illegally conflicts with the 1980 Refugee Act.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rep. Moonen: Inclusivity has been a key value in Maine policymaking in 2019
Bills passed this year have addressed issues such as equal pay, automatic voter registration, state-tribal ties, food insecurity and ending conversion therapy.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Symposium explores ways to close widening gap in Maine’s workforce
The state will have to add an estimated 158,000 trained people to its workforce by 2025 to maintain economic growth, Educate Maine tells participants at its annual symposium.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court’s conservatives seem ready to let Trump end ‘dreamers’ program
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protects 660,000 immigrants who came to the United States as children and are here illegally.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Immigrant wins on Election Day are good news for Maine communities
Several first- and second-generation Americans were elected to office Tuesday, helping local governments look more like their communities.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump’s demonization of immigrants is nothing new. But it’s time to say ‘no more’
Speak out against his rhetoric, and against elevating an immigration hard-liner to homeland security secretary.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Federal immigration response sends very confused message
While Congress comes up with almost $900,000 to assist asylum seekers in Maine, the president is slamming the door.