About 60 people a day are returned to Mexico and officials say they hope to increase that number to 300.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
House upholds Trump’s veto of resolution rejecting his border emergency
Congress had tried to block the president’s national emergency, which he declared in order to use military funds to build his border wall.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall
Both Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee said there is little support for tapping military construction projects for the wall.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Maine’s Republican Party needs to condemn bigotry
If we don’t speak up, our party will be increasingly viewed as the party of intolerance and not-so-subtle racism.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Hate ending in bloodshed not a new phenomenon
Massacres like the one in New Zealand are the predictable result of the rise in international intolerance.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: After Christchurch attack, a call to prayer – and to action
Reject extremism, reach out to your neighbor and resist ‘us versus them’ rhetoric.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Who is speaking for the Maine Republican Party?
It reflects badly on the state Republican Party that Vice Chairman Nick Isgro’s hateful tweets are still up under the Maine Republican Party banner.
Posted inNation & World
Former President Bush calls immigrants ‘a blessing’
He makes the remarks at a naturalization ceremony in Dallas, where more than four dozen immigrants from 22 countries were sworn in.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Without the Irish, there would be no United States of America
St. Patrick’s Day is a good time to reflect on how immigrants who were sympathetic to the cause of independence ensured our liberty.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Republican Party’s anti-immigrant tweets anger Portland mayor – and Republican senators
In a series of tweets late Thursday night, the state party took aim at migrants and the city, falsely connecting immigrants to outbreaks of infectious diseases.