In a nation of immigrants, dignity should be accorded all

PBN Staff

06/29/2018

A WALL GROWS: The existing U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, is only a physical manifestation of the growing wall in the local body politic over the nation’s immigration policies and enforcement.   / BLOOMBERG  NEWS PHOTO/ ALEJANDRO CEGARRA — A WALL GROWS: The existing U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, is only a physical manifestation of the growing wall in the local body politic over the nation’s immigration policies and enforcement, one that has led to a government shutdown that shows few signs of coming to an end anytime soon.   / BLOOMBERG  NEWS PHOTO/ ALEJANDRO CEGARRA

While the current national conflict on the immigration front has not brought forcible parent and child breakups to our corner of southern New England, it is revealing real and significant differences of opinion on how to approach the issue. For instance, while many of Rhode Island’s elected and public-safety officials have made it clear they

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