Fleeing violence in their home countries, they endure a hellish journey from central Africa to reach a hoped-for haven in Maine.
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Insight: ‘Never again’ means nothing if Holocaust analogies are always off limits
Having a historical reference point can help us grasp the urgency of the crisis on the border.
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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.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House passes border aid bill backed by Senate and Trump administration
The emergency legislation is expected to ease a cash crunch at federal agencies that care for migrants who have flocked over the border in huge numbers seeking asylum.
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Bank of America says it will stop lending to detention centers, private prisons
The decision makes it the last of Wall Street’s biggest banks to cut ties with private prisons.
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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.
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Dana Milbank: Trump demands subservience, gets incompetence
His ‘acting’ officials are causing babies to go hungry, and they may soon bumble us into war with Iran.
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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 inNation & World, New England, News
Company whose driver collided with bikers has history of violations
Massachusetts-based Westfield Transport has had over 60 violations in the 24 months before one of its employees was charged with negligent homicide in a crash that killed 7 motorcyclists in New Hampshire.
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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.