immigrants
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PublishedMay 8, 2024
Biden to unveil new rule speeding deportations for safety risks
The proposal, to be unveiled Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security, would allow immigration officials to perform an initial eligibility determination at the time migrants are first screened for asylum status, according to people familiar with the plans.
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PublishedMay 5, 2024
Biden rebuilt refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?
If President Biden meets his target of 125,000 refugees admitted this year, it would be the highest number of arrivals in more than three decades.
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PublishedApril 12, 2024
How immigrant workers in Maine, U.S. have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession
At the Flood Brothers farm in Maine’s 'dairy capital' of Clinton, foreign-born workers make up half the staff of nearly 50, feeding the cows, tending crops and helping collect the milk.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2024
After a long wait, Portland man welcomes his family following their escape from Sudan
El-Fadel Arbab has lived an ocean away from his wife since they wed a decade ago. This week, she and the couple's 2 sons arrived in Portland.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’
The presumptive Republican nominee’s comment at a rally Saturday in Ohio represents an escalation of his long-harsh language about migrants.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2024
Tyson is hiring immigrants in New York for jobs no one else wants
Tyson is joining the nonprofit Tent Partnership for Refugees with a plan to hire some of the 181,400 migrants that have come through New York City’s intake system over the last 2 years.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2024
Connection program for senior New Mainers going swimmingly
A nonprofit group for immigrant women says its swimming lessons for elders combat social isolation while teaching the participants a new skill.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2023
Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants, as Senate debates border security
White House and Senate negotiators struggled to reach a border security deal that would unlock President Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2023
New organization strives to better educate immigrant community about life in U.S.
Heritier Nosso created Opportunities for Immigrants, an organization that helps immigrants understand various processes that will help them assimilate to living in the United States. He also trains others to be peer mentors to new Mainers.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2023
In Lewiston, young people are face of change for low-income Mainers, people of color
A group of 15 people from immigrant communities met to address ways to counter systemic barriers in the state and develop strategies for building relationships.
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