A congressional showdown is looming over a border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Wayfair workers in Maine to join walkout over sales to migrant detention centers
The planned walkout on Wednesday is in response to the company selling over $200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to an agency that manages detention centers along the U.S. border.
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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.
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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 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.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Some asylum seekers move on, leaving fewer families sheltering at Portland Expo
While African migrants who came from the southern U.S. border wait at an emergency shelter in Portland, some may be moving on to Canada because of immigration fears.
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Portland’s neighbors pledge to help find homes and other assistance for asylum seekers
Leaders from 6 Greater Portland communities say they will seek housing for close to 90 families who are now staying in city shelters.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine House votes to relax welfare restrictions on asylum seekers
The bill, which has gained urgency following the surge of asylum seekers to Portland, provides no money but directs DHHS to offer non-citizens welfare ‘within available resources.’
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Westbrook considers helping asylum seekers
Residents and city councilors are divided on whether municipal government should be involved in helping the immigrants.