The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants protection from deportation to so-called Dreamers brought to the United States as children.
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Advocates highlight high stakes for some Maine immigrants in Supreme Court case
Elected officials and business, religious and educational leaders are warning that nearly 150 Mainers could be deported if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Donald Trump says 'strong action' coming on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pledged “strong action today” on immigration, a day after he said he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his “big, beautiful wall” is erected. In an early-morning tweet Wednesday, Trump said “Our Border Laws are very weak” and said Democrats “stand in our way” […]
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As DACA deadline looms, dozens of Maine residents face uncertainty
The calls have been coming in at the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project in Portland since September, but the answers are the same. Nearly six months have passed since President Trump announced he would rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives work permits to young undocumented immigrants. The president said a permanent replacement […]
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Dream Act passage important
The Dream Act would allow immigrant students a path to citizenship. Known as “dreamers,” these people grew up in the United States and have lived and built their lives here since they were children. They are American in every way except for their immigration status. Under the current law, they live in fear of deportation […]
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Chuck Schumer rescinds offer of $25 billion to pay for Donald Trump's border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump’s long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation. Schumer had made the offer last Friday in a last-ditch […]
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Try for real immigration law reform
The U.S. Congress has kicked the federal budget “down the road” once again, extending a Dec. 22, 2017, deadline into the New Year’s date of Jan. 19. Making that deadline will likely be another “Perils of Pauline” spectacle, with many contentious issues requiring resolution, all with the expected threats of “shutting down the government.” One […]
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'Dreamers' are people, not bargaining chips
The following appeared in Friday’s Washington Post: After all of President Donald Trump’s bluster about his “great love” for “dreamers,” brought to this country as children through no fault of their own, it turns out he’s content to use them as leverage in a high-stakes game of political horse-trading. Trump seems willing to strip them […]
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Congress shouldn’t wait to protect the ‘dreamers’
The following appeared in Wednesday’s Washington Post. Quick, name a major public policy issue on which overwhelming numbers of Americans are united. Stumped? (Granted, it’s a short list.) Here’s one answer: allowing “dreamers” — young undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children — to remain in the United States if they pass background checks, […]
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Donald Trump says hard-line immigration policies are price of DACA
In this Oct. 7, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington for a brief stop at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., on his way to Greensboro, N.C. The Trump administration sent an immigration policy wish-list to Congress that includes overhauling the country’s green-card system, hiring 10,000 […]