I am always that immigrant child whose life came to a stop at the Soviet border, and never started again.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Sen. Collins must stop equivocating as Trump tramples American ideals
She pretends to distance herself from his abhorrent policies, but refuses to see them for what they are.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Parents make frantic attempts to find their children
Attorneys for families that have been separated report few successes in reunifying parents and children in the chaotic wake of the Trump administration’s halt to ‘zero tolerance’ policy.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
At I-95 checkpoint, Border Patrol agents question drivers and passengers about citizenship
Agents based in Houlton arrest a Haitian national and make nine drug seizures during the 11 hours they stopped southbound traffic on the interstate in Penobscot County.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Melania Trump’s ‘I don’t care’ jacket causes a stir
Her spokeswoman said there ‘was no hidden message’ behind the outfit the first lady wore getting on a flight to visit a facility housing migrant children.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House Republican leaders abruptly postpone high-stakes vote on immigration bill
The bill, negotiated between the conservatives and moderate wings of the party, sought to respond to Trump’s decision to separate migrant children from their families and his cancellation of a program protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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First lady urged president to end separation policy
White House officials say Melania Trump made it clear to the president that he should use his power to stop separating children from their parents at the border.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump’s supporters remain steadfastly in his corner
They downplay the outrage the president’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy fueled, saying, in the end, he achieved his goal of getting Congress to talk about immigration reform.
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146 arrested in immigration raid at Ohio meatpacking plant
Federal agents arrest the workers, most of whom are from Guatemala, as part of stepped up efforts to crackdown on businesses that hire people who are in the country illegally.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Sen. Collins says legislation needed to guarantee end to family separations at southern border
The Maine Republican says questions remain about the president’s executive order halting the policy, and a bipartisan group of more than a dozen senators met in her office to discuss possible bills.