Having a historical reference point can help us grasp the urgency of the crisis on the border.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: So this is the kind of nation we are
Congress shamelessly breaks for recess, having done nothing to protect the children who we’re warehousing at the border.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
McConnell rejects Democrats’ demands to change $4.6 billion border bill
Democratic demands include more protections for the children, such as setting medical and hygiene standards at facilities, and a requirement that any death of a minor be reported within 24 hours.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Highlights for Children takes on Trump’s family separation policy
The magazine for children found in dentists’ offices all over the country denounced the administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their families.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Administration isn’t powerless to remedy appalling conditions at detention centers
Vice President Mike Pence and others in the White House have done nothing to address the crisis besides blame somebody else.
Posted inNation & World, News
Head of Border Protection steps down as outrage grows over migrant children
The government has moved more than 100 children back to a remote Border Patrol station in Texas where children were caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
Posted inNation & World, News
Some migrant children returned to overcrowded border facility because HHS says it’s out of space
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters Monday that Congress must approve emergency funding because the agency has no more capacity to hold children.
Posted inNation & World, News
Government moves migrant children after poor conditions exposed
The action at a Border Patrol station in Texas came after reports that more than 300 kids were forced to care for one another there with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Conspiracy theory takes hold in Maine GOP
What looks like genuine concern about people who are homeless may really be something much more sinister.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: After heroic journey, asylum seekers face harrowing trip through our immigration system
We need to demand comprehensive reform and fight policies that dismantle due process and access to justice.