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Protesters push Stefanik to speak out against controversial immigration policy
Stefanik: Separating kids from parents is “appalling” By Pete DeMola EDITOR
GLENS FALLS | Constituents rallied outside of Rep. Elise Stefanik’s district office in Glens Falls last Thursday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown as part of a nationwide day of action. Images of border agents separating children from their parents after families were detained for illegally crossing the southern border have been garnering international headlines and drawing widespread derision from religious organizations, human rights groups and grassroots activists. “We’re outraged that the Trump administration, with the support of Stefanik, is forcefully separating children from their parents,” said Joe Seeman, an activist and event coorganizer. “It’s nothing but systematic child abuse with our taxes and by our government.”
The rally was part of hundreds held across the country organized by Families Belong Together, who called the policy “unconscionable.” “They are victims of violence, hunger, and poverty and our government’s actions re-violate them, causing untold damage,” said the group in a statement. “Children as young as 18 months are torn from their mothers’ arms by our own government. This is violent abuse and as concerned citizens and voters we state, unequivocally, that this is not in line with American values.” Participating local organizations in Glens Falls and Albany included Citizen Action of New York, New York Civil Liberties Union, Saratoga Progressive Action and Saratoga Unites. The Trump administration has introduced a zero-tolerance policy calling for the criminal prosecution of all individuals who illegally enter the United States. There is no law mandating the separation of immigrant families, according to PolitiFact. “This policy has the effect of separating parents from their children when they enter the country together, because parents are referred for prosecution and the children are placed in the custody of a sponsor, such as a relative or foster home, or held in a shelter,” PolitiFact reported. » Immigration Cont. on pg. 7
Constituents rallied outside of Rep. Elise Stefanik’s district office in Glens Falls on Thursday, June 14 to protest the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Photo provided
Keene Central fourth-graders present research project on Boquet River Students spent the school year studying the river’s chemistry, biology and physical habitat By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
Keene Central School fourth graders present their final presentation on the Boquet River Research Project.
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KEENE VALLEY | At the start of school this year, fourthgrade teacher Chad Filipski asked his students, “What kind of world do you want to live in?” Their responses stood as a kind of hypothesis: no poverty; everyone has clean water; a clean environment; no more wars ... By last Friday, the answers were not just ideas or hope, they became skilled inquiry, built through months of study on the Boquet River. Filipski’s class of some 17 students presented their answers and a host of data collected from the Split Rock Falls end
of the Boquet to Willsboro Dam. Their research looked at chemical analysis, biological count and physical habitat. They tested the wild Adirondack waterway for pH, nitrogen and phosphorous. They looking under rocks and stones and sunken logs, counting critters. They walked the river banks, searching for signs of erosion, pollution and vegetation. The Boquet River Research Project grew from a one-day experience at Keene Central School with Filipski last year to a year-long multi-disciplinary study blending biology, geology, math, social studies, English, public speaking, art and even chemistry with theatre. The project was a partnership between Keene Central School, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, AmeriCorps and Champlain Valley Outdoor Educators. Science educators David Thomas-Train, of Keene Valley, and Elizabeth Lee, of Westport, who works with the museum, helped secure a $7,500 grant from the High Peaks Education Foundation for the program. » Science Cont. on pg. 2
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