Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Immigrants prepare for new Biden protections with excitement and concern
A new program will allow some spouses of U.S. citizens living in the U.S. illegally to gain legal status without leaving the country.
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Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Trump is putting mass deportations at heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried
The former president has suggested he would use the National Guard and possibly even the military to target between 15 million and 20 million people.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Hubbard C. Goodrich: Another brick in the wall
In the 1990s, news reports described ‘boat’ immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa being turned away from Greece and Italy, drowning in the Mediterranean, babies and mothers washing up on lonely shores. This was also a time when America was struggling with the Mariel immigrants from Cuba and other Caribbean countries risking their […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
New Mainer artists get boost from Mayo Street grant program
The Portland arts center recently awarded its 3rd round of $1,000 grants to people practicing traditional art forms.
Posted inNation & World, News
Texas judge blocks move to close migrant shelter; calls Attorney General’s actions ‘outrageous’
Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton had demanded earlier this year that Annunciation House, which operates several shelters serving migrants and refugees, turn over records showing the names of those it housed.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
U.S. to pay for flights to help Panama remove migrants who may be heading north
Panama’s new president has vowed to shut down the treacherous Darien Gap.
Posted inNation & World, News
Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions
The U.S. has also benefitted from aggressive enforcement on the Mexican side of the border, where Mexican authorities have been working to prevent migrants from making their way to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inOpinion
The Maine Millennial: Immigrants have almost nothing to do with the housing crisis
We need people to come to Maine. And if they come from away – even from far away – so be it.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: EU populists seem blind to the real threat
The far-right is rising on the back of the same sort of fears that powered the rise of fascism before World War II.