Demonstrators are paralyzing the capital city of Ottawa and blocking border crossings.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Mills offers $10 million aid package for businesses near Canadian border
The grants of as much as $100,000 are intended to help businesses harmed by the loss of Canadian customers while their entry into America has been barred during the pandemic.
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Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
Maine’s congressional delegation and governor call for Canadian border to reopen
They criticize the U.S. plan to keep the border closed to Canadians for at least another month after Canada announced its border would reopen to U.S. travelers on Aug. 9.
Posted inNation & World
Biden administration to start processing asylum seekers forced by Trump to ‘Remain in Mexico’
Before Trump took office, asylum seekers and others applying for protection in the U.S. were generally allowed to wait with family in the states for their hearings.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden faces high hopes, tough choices on border wall
President-elect Joe Biden will face immediate pressure to fulfill his pledge to stop border wall construction
Posted inNation & World
Canada, U.S. extend border closure for nonessential travel
Many Canadians fear a reopening as the U.S. has more confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19 than any country in the world, though its per capita numbers are well below many other nations.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Suspect led human smuggling operation at Canadian border for years, officials say
Godofredo Rivas-Melendez, 60, a Canadian citizen who was born in El Salvador, pleaded not guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Texan offers Mainers a practical primer on U.S. Border ‘patrolling’
Given a new chief Border Patrol agent’s plans to expand warrantless searches here, Mainers should prepare for challenges to their constitutional rights.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Collins took right tack to oppose Trump on wall
She rightly supports a new vote to undo the president’s emergency declaration, and rightly opposed a Democratic plan to block funds for it and other projects.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s immigrant welcome is contrast to border chaos
Towns and organizations are making sure that Portland doesn’t have to bear the burden on its own.