WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday maneuvered to put Democrats on record again as opposing legislation that would fund the Homeland Security Department and overturn President Barack Obama’s recent actions on immigration. Obama countered by hosting an Oval Office meeting with a half-dozen young immigrants protected by his policies. The GOP legislation would subject Obama’s […]
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R. Lacombe: Immigration policy a mess
President Obama’s possibly illegal executive order concerning immigration is an unjust use of authority. If it remains in force, it will contribute to a higher level of poverty in America. I do believe that illegal immigrants who are law-abiding and who have worked and established permanent residence in America should be given the opportunity to […]
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House passes immigration bill targeting Obama exective orders
WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation to overturn President Barack Obama’s immigration actions and remove protections for immigrants brought illegally to the country as children. The measures were part of a $39.7 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The vote was 236-191. The legislation faces tough prospects in the Senate and […]
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LePage joins lawsuit against Obama administration’s immigration policy
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Paul LePage has joined a multi-state coalition in a lawsuit over the Obama administration’s recently announced executive actions on immigration. LePage is one of four governors and 13 states who are plaintiffs in the suit. Many top Republicans have denounced President Barack Obama’s unilateral move designed to spare as many as […]
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P. Belkenny: America cannot support the world
Yes, the U.S. is a nation of immigrants. As far as I know, there were no immigration laws in effect in the early days and most immigrants came voluntarily because they wanted a better life. Others were forced to come here under duress. Allegedly, there are 2.5 million young children in America who are living […]
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Cal Thomas: Obama turns his back on his own race
Addressing the nation last Thursday, President Obama sought to justify his misreading of the Constitution by unilaterally granting legal protection to 5 million illegal immigrants. In this, he reminded me of what Richard Nixon told David Frost in a 1977 interview. The exchange is worth recalling: “FROST: So what in a sense you’re saying is […]
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Obama spurns GOP with expansive immigration orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on “felons, not families.” The moves, affecting mostly parents and young people, marked the most sweeping changes to the nation’s fractured immigration […]
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LePage calls Obama’s immigration plan ‘shameful’
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage said President Barack Obama’s plan to shield millions of immigrants illegally in the United States from deportation is “shameful.” The Republican governor told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that it took him 11 years and $80,000 under current immigration procedures to get a green card for a Jamaican […]
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Maine Law students travel to southwest to assist women, children seeking asylum
PORTLAND — Two students from the University of Maine School of Law in Portland left Maine on Saturday to spend a week giving free legal assistance to women and children from Central America being held at a detention center in New Mexico. Laura Shaw, a third-year law student from Gorham, and Amber Attalla, a second-year […]
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Government officials deny plan to house immigrant children in Poland
LEWISTON — A number of agencies and offices named in a Sun Journal story published in Wednesday’s paper told the newspaper they are not working with a woman who has proposed bringing 120 immigrant children to the former Elan School in Poland. Also Wednesday, Gov. Paul LePage issued a statement opposing the possibility of unaccompanied […]