The Maine representative and 24 Democratic colleagues inspect facilities where separated parents and children are being held.
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Immigrants describe cold reception from Maine employers
A panel of skilled immigrant entrepreneurs in Portland said they had to start their own businesses because no one would hire them.
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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.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Rep. Pingree to visit Texas facilities where children separated from parents are detained
The Maine congresswoman will join a group of more than 20 Democratic colleagues at the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump, Republican lawmakers struggle to address anger over family separations
One plan would keep children in detention longer than now permitted — but with their parents.
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Boys Club members don their best clothes, manners for a night at Portland’s Chaval
Eleven youths with the local Boys Club get another stamp on their Passport to Manhood.
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U.S. plans tent cities to house migrant children
Unaccompanied children who cross the U.S.-Mexico border are squeezed out of the usual shelters, which now are filling up with children taken from their parents.
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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.
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Somali man who settled in Maine accused of using another man’s name to apply for papers
Hussien Noor Hussien, who came to Maine in 2004, was arrested last week in Vermont and faces three charges related to falsifying applications.
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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.