The Maine representative and 24 Democratic colleagues inspect facilities where separated parents and children are being held.
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U.S. silent on when immigrant children, parents will be able to reunite
While some parents struggle to get in touch with youngsters being held hundreds of miles away, President Trump says Democrats are telling ‘phony stories of sadness and grief.’
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Pope: Countries should take in as many refugees as they can
Pope Francis also urged investment in places like Africa so migrants won’t turn to human traffickers to reach countries that can offer a better life.
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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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EU prepares to slap tariffs on American products
And the highest-stakes fight still looms if the conflict beween the U.S. and China escalates.
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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.
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Skowhegan protesters decry Trump administration’s immigration policy
The people gather on the Margaret Chase Smith Bridge said the policy change anouncement the president made Wednesday is irrelevant, because it still means innocent children will be locked up.
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Maine advocates still concerned over fate of immigrant families
President Trump promised to end families’ separation at the Mexico border Wednesday, but his executive order also seeks to override a law limiting the time children can stay in detention facilities.
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LePage plans to send helicopter, 2 National Guard pilots to U.S.-Mexico border
Governors of several other states on the East Coast, including two Republicans, had pulled their National Guard resources before Trump reversed course and ended the ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy that resulted in children being separated from their parents.
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In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation
Images of young children in tears, housed in metal cages, set off international outrage.