An increasing number of Republicans are among the voices calling for an end to forcibly separating migrant children from their parents at the border.
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Bus company says employee made mistake by saying riders had to be U.S. citizens
A Concord Coach Lines official says the employee in Bangor was caught off-guard with a question he was unprepared to answer.
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Our View: It’s right to protest family separations
Our tradition of civil disobedience tells us how to respond to unjust government action.
Posted inNation & World
Nearly 2,000 minors separated from families at U.S. border
The Department of Homeland Security’s figures show that from April 19 through May 31, 1,995 minors were removed from 1,940 adults.
Posted inMaine, News
Homeless families fuel record use of Portland’s emergency shelters
An average of 520 people stayed overnight in March and April, with much of the increase attributed to immigrants seeking political asylum.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine protesters object to Trump administration border policy separating children from immigrant families
About 100 people gathered to voice their opposition outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office in South Portland.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republican factions seek immigration deal
Party leadership faces mounting pressure to produce a bill by Tuesday and moderate Republicans say they will have enough signatures to force House votes, including legislation that protects ‘Dreamers’ from deportation.
Posted inMaine, News
A year after husband was deported in immigration crackdown, dark days for Naples woman
Sandra Scribner Merlim has hope that Otto Morales-Caballeros will be allowed to return from Guatemala, but the process is long, difficult and a test of patience.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: All of Maine is well represented by Sens. Collins, King
Our senators support Maine and its people and have access to facts of the immigration debate.
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A new mother gets an early Mother’s Day gift: U.S. citizenship
Takry Khamwandee came to the U.S. to learn English in preparation to become an English teacher in her native Thailand, but remained here when she fell in love.