A law taking effect Jan. 1 bans contracts for for-profit prisons, but ICE said the contracts are not subject to the new state law.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
ICE to use data on migrant children to expand deportation efforts
The plan, which has not been announced publicly, was developed by Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Invest in people and build Maine’s economy
The state’s new economic development plan rightly focuses on building the workforce.
Posted inMaine, News
Influx of asylum seekers fills Portland’s overflow shelters
Nearly 170 people, most from sub-Saharan Africa, have arrived in Portland in the past three weeks and city officials say they’ve run out of space to shelter them.
Posted inNation & World
Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigration records vital to genealogists
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials declined to explain exactly how they arrived at the new fee amounts, which, in some cases, would rise by nearly 500 percent.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Federal judge in Boston rules that immigrants can’t be detained by default
The Boston immigration court serves all of New England.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Stop use of immigration ‘iceboxes’
A Mainer reports on her conversations with asylum seekers stuck on the Mexican side of the southwest border.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Portland’s facilities accommodate newly arrived asylum seekers
City officials say they were able to handle the 28 people without having to open any overflow gymnasiums.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Helping asylum seekers, and others, helps Maine
There’s no reason the state has to choose between giving migrants short-term aid and doing the same for other residents.
Posted inMaine, News
About 70 more asylum seekers expected to arrive in Portland this week
The African families released at the border in Texas will be offered overnight shelter in local gymnasiums, and city officials are making contingency plans in case the influx is larger than expected.