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Sanctuary is not a crime: Keep ICE out of Maine schools, hospitals
['Opinion Contributor']
Bangor Daily News
So when Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears at libraries, daycares, schools, and healthcare facilities, it feels like a fundamental misunderstanding of who we are — and how societies are meant to function.
For decades, both Republican and Democratic administrations recognized that immigration enforcement had limits.
Policies were put in place to restrict ICE activity at so-called “sensitive locations” like public schools and hospitals.
The bill would require ICE to present a valid judicial warrant — signed by a judge — to conduct enforcement at schools, hospitals and healthcare facilities, daycares, and libraries.
Allowing immigration enforcement to infiltrate our most human spaces violates that ethic.