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We’re all immigrants who came to escape hardship. Re: “Trump says some DACA Dreamers are ‘very tough, hardened criminals.’Are they?” (Mercurynews.com, Nov 12): Illegal or legal, it’s ...

When we first met Julia Coleman she was recovering from an emergency C-section, caring for a newborn, and launching her campaign for the Minnesota State Senate. We were amazed by her resilience.

Unless you are an immigrant, we are all here by an accident of birth, even the Native Americans. We who were born here have won the lottery. Instead of being ...