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PublishedOctober 11, 2019
Portland to receive nearly $900,000 to help cover cost of aiding asylum seekers
The federal funding includes $864,000 for the city of Portland, plus another $28,500 for 2 local nonprofits that helped provide housing and other services.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2019
ICE criticizes judge’s ruling restricting use of unreliable immigrant databases
The databases at times have led to the wrongful detention of U.S. citizens.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2019
Our View: Border Patrol should stop racial profiling
Federal agents ought to know that it's no crime to have brown skin or speak a language other than English.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2019
Abortion, immigrants, LGBT rights top Supreme Court’s new term
The court also could be front and center in the presidential campaign itself, especially with health concerns surrounding 86-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2019
Trump policy allows states, cities to refuse refugees for 1st time in U.S. history
If governors or lawmakers want to close the door, it could hurt towns that have come to rely on young refugees to revitalize their economies.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
Maine governor has granted 2 pardons to noncitizens
The state had received more than 80 petitions for executive clemency as of August, and Gov. Janet Mills had granted four pardons by the end of that month.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2019
‘It’s our last hope’: Maine man deported to Cambodia seeks gubernatorial pardon
Some advocates see executive clemency as a political tool to protest federal immigration priorities, but legal experts say it might not be enough to bring Chamroeun Pheng home.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2019
Federal judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant children
The administration's rules would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2019
Maine Voices: Near-shutdown of refugee resettlement program is bad for Portland
New Americans make the city more prosperous, our schools more diverse and our restaurant scene more interesting.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2019
Former asylum seeker returns to thank Mainers for support
Luc Mpangaje relied on help from a Portland church after fleeing Burundi in 2010.
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