WASHINGTON — Stupid but legal. Such is the Trump administration’s travel ban for people from seven Muslim countries. Of course, as with almost everything in American life, what should be a policy or even a moral issue becomes a legal one. The judicial challenge should have been given short shrift, since the presidential grant of […]
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Seeds of Peace alumni concerned about campers coming this summer
OTISFIELD — The gates of the international Seeds of Peace camp on the shores of Pleasant Lake must remain open this summer to ensure the continuation of its mission to bring unity to the world, members of the organization said. “The (Trump) administration is saying we’ll be safer by building walls,” said Salim Salim, a […]
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Maine teen back home after travel ban left her stranded in Iraq
PORTLAND — A teen separated from her family and stranded in Iraq after President Donald Trump’s immigrant ban is back in America Friday night, thanks in part to help from Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. Bananh Alalhanfy’s family and friends gathered in Boston Friday as she arrived back in the U.S. Her father, Labed Alalhanfy, worked […]
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Trump’s travel ban is a national embarrassment
I have never been more embarrassed for this country. Under the rubric of protecting Americans from terrorism, the Trump regime last week banned travel into the United States by people from seven majority-Muslim nations. And never mind that experts, including the Cato Institute, a Washington think tank, say the combined U.S. death toll in terrorist […]