While Congress comes up with almost $900,000 to assist asylum seekers in Maine, the president is slamming the door.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
No refugees allowed? Trump’s plan to give states, cities veto prompts outcry
Many details are still being worked out amid a 90-day period to formulate the new policy.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Synagogue shooting highlights growing risk of right-wing terrorism
German and U.S. security agencies should devote resources to fighting white supremacists.
Posted inNation & World, News
ICE criticizes judge’s ruling restricting use of unreliable immigrant databases
The databases at times have led to the wrongful detention of U.S. citizens.
Posted inMaine
Artwork from children in detention camps coming to Waterville
Mary Dunn, who has traveled to the U.S. and Mexican border, is helping to organize the exhibit, as well as a silent auction fundraiser Oct. 12 at Hathaway Creative Center to help asylum seekers with humanitarian aid and legal services.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: European Union takes promising new approach to its migration crisis
A plan to reallocate those rescued at sea is a first step, but the EU should now reform the system as a whole.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
City, YMCA team up to celebrate diversity in community
Welcoming Week includes dance performances, a food truck night, dance party and a naturalization ceremony.
Posted inNation & World, News
Italy offers migrant ship passage to island port, softening its closed-door policy
Some Italian lawmakers described the outcome as the start of a less hostile era toward people fleeing Africa and the Middle East.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump official says asylum changes will drive down backlog
The new policy will deny asylum to nearly all migrants arriving at the southern border who aren’t from Mexico because it disallows anyone who passes through another country without first seeking and failing to obtain asylum there.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Near-shutdown of refugee resettlement program is bad for Portland
New Americans make the city more prosperous, our schools more diverse and our restaurant scene more interesting.