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Setback to state-level protection for immigrants.(NEWS)
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT LET UP its pressure on state and local governments to go after noncitizens, with one of the biggest setbacks being felt in Maine ever since Governor John Baldacci gutted his state's groundbreaking executive order to limit the authority of state employees to enforce federal immigration policy.
With its passage in 2004, Maine joined Oregon and Alaska, as well as numerous cities and towns with limited or non-inquiry policies protecting immigrants' access to vital services and from random inquiry into their status by local and state law enforcement. These policies have been important steps in ameliorating a national climate of fear among immigrant communities.
In a report published by the Portland-based Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, one Arab American man was quoted as saying that people "will not report issues to the police even if they are the victims of a crime. They are scared of dealing with police because of the possibility it will lead to difficulties with immigration authorities and possible deportation."
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