The proposal calls for letting legal residents participate in municipal elections, but it faces legal and other hurdles.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Government falls short of deadline to reunite children and parents
It wasn’t immediately clear how many children left detention facilities Tuesday or how many remain.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Border Patrol’s power invites exploitation
Welcome new bills would limit the size of the search zone and require agents to better document citizenship stops.
Posted inMaine, News
Rockland mayor questions intent of Knox County sheriff’s checkpoints
The chief deputy says the public safety stops are nothing new and have nothing to do with immigration.
Posted inNation & World
Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits, shattering dreams
Many who signed enlistment contracts and took a military oath are now being deemed a security risk and booted.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
U.S. law enforcement’s boat stops along maritime border rankle Canadian fishermen
Border Patrol has questioned the crews of more than 20 Canadian vessels and an unknown number of American boats in a ramped-up effort that has yielded no immigration arrests.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Protests won’t be over until immigrant families are reunited
President Trump’s executive order has failed to close detention centers or hold officials accountable for inhumane practices.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Solutions for mass migrations needed on a global scale
More and more people fleeing unlivable conditions are heading to countries that so far haven’t figured out how to handle a flood of humanity.
Posted inNation & World
Migrant mother reunited with children
Yeni Gonzalez’s bond and travel expenses were paid for by a group of parents and artist from New York.
Posted inNation & World
Legal immigration also declining under Trump administration
As debate rages over illegal immigration, permanent visas are on pace to drop 12 percent in the president’s first two years in office, and new arrivals from Muslim-majority nations on his travel ban list are likely to drop more than 80 percent.