A hypothetical narrative for your consideration: A man climbs through the window of a sleeping girl. She stirs awake and starts to scream, but he punches her with a closed fist. Brandishing a gun, he vows to kill her parents, asleep in the next room, if she makes another sound. She nods in tearful comprehension […]
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Trump: Look at what is happening in Sweden
As if on cue, riots broke out in a heavily immigrant suburb of Stockholm as soon as the media mocked President Donald Trump for a vague warning about immigration-related problems in Sweden. At a campaign rally over the weekend, Trump issued forth with a mystifyingly ominous statement. “You look,” he declared, “at what’s happening last […]
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Changes in immigration laws will help Maine
The state of Maine suffers demographic challenges, ranking annually as having one of the oldest populations in the nation. As our population ages, our work force is expected to decline. Those demographics mean that Maine will need a large influx of people to meaningfully grow its population and work force. Yet we are largely missing […]
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ACLU charges about public schools in Lewiston are without merit
The ACLU often plays an important role in the protection of constitutional rights, but the organization can sometimes take an inappropriate adversarial approach based upon outdated information and inaccuracies. That is the case with the recent charges against Lewiston schools. Last year, I met with Zachary Heiden, ACLU legal director, about the ACLU and Lewiston […]
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Liberals hate Donald Trump
It is discomforting that radical liberals support sanctuary cities that protect illegal, criminal immigrants. Liberal protesters are crying racism in an attempt to avoid the real issue of protecting the American people. The radical left cares more about sanctuary cities and asylum seekers than U.S. veterans and the elderly. President Donald Trump proposed a ban […]
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America is a nation for everyone
I am a 21-year-old Muslim American, born and raised in a refugee camp in Kenya before my family resettled in Lewiston. I am a member of the Muslim Students Association and student staff member of the Multicultural Resources Center at the University of Southern Maine. I go to school and study every day. I have […]
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The power of the people
Tweak the Affordable Care Act in order to improve it? Yes. Wholesale repeal with no plan in place? No. Appropriately vet immigrants to this country? Yes. Wholesale ban on those of one particular religion? No. Act presidential? Please, yes. Daily state lies and create illegal, racist executive orders? Absolutely no. Concerned citizens must get involved. […]
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U.S. showing lack of compassion
I am saddened and disheartened after reading the front-page article (“Pain, despair in Somali community,” Jan. 31) about Somali community members who are devastated by President Donald Trump’s despicable travel ban on refugees from seven predominately Muslim countries. How can people read that article and not empathize with the plight of these residents and refugees? Family […]
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How do legal immigrants feel about illegal immigrants?
I have been wondering if somebody in the news media would ask immigrants who came into this country legally what they think of immigrants coming into this country through the back door. Seems to me legal immigrants would have a very different take on the subject of immigration than the news media has been showing […]
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Immigration policy has been stupid before, but never for less reason
Early in World War II, my friend’s father put on his Civil Defense helmet and scanned the Coney Island beach for the arrival of German saboteurs. Maybe because he was so alert, Nazis never landed near the roller coaster, but on the West Coast similar no-shows nevertheless produced a panic. Soon enough, Japanese-Americans were incarcerated […]