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A brutal murder, politicizing a family’s pain, scuffing the thin blue line

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Leelanau County sheriff Mike Borkovich flanked Donald Trump at a campaign appearance in Grand Rapids on April 2, where Trump used bombastic, anti-immigrant rhetoric following the murder of Ruby Garcia by an undocumented immigrant in late March. The victim’s family accused Trump of politicizing their pain. He said that he had spoken with the Garcia family, which he did not. At the Leelanau Board of Commissioners meeting on April 9, some constituents are expected to voice their displeasure with Borkovich traveling, in uniform, to stand with Trump.

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League of Women Voters studies Immigration 101

On Tuesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. at the Leelanau County Government Center Lower Level Community Room the League of Women Voters Leelanau County will hold part one of a community conversation on immigration entitled “Immigration 101: How It Works and How It Doesn’t.”

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Arrest puts Leelanau’s immigrant community on edge

The sudden arrest and transport to a Sault Ste. Marie detention center of a long-time Lake Leelanau resident, father and small business owner on Thursday, March 22, has put Leelanau County’s immigrant community on edge.

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Who’s to blame for stalled immigration reform?

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Immigration reform would be a job creator for Northern Michigan, says Congressman Dan Benishek. But the Republican-controlled House of Representatives won’t move on immigration reform, following the Tea Party defeat of Majority Leader Eric Cantor in June.

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