The state’s bicentennial celebration is a good time to take stock and plan for the future.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Catastrophe on southern border: Wayne couple shares experience volunteering at shelter near Mexican border
Steve and Molly Saunders volunteered in El Paso, Texas, assisting asylum seekers from Central America.
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Posted inNation & World
Florida migrant child detention camp emptying out
All kids who had been at the facility are now either with family members or at smaller state-licensed centers, officials say.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Portland begins final push as it transitions migrants out of Expo
City and immigrant leaders will move asylum seekers to the Family Shelter and a Salvation Army overflow shelter by Aug. 15.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Eight from Mexico arrested in human smuggling effort in Aroostook County
Police pulled over a vehicle containing 7 undocumented immigrants who illegally crossed the border into Maine last week, and an eighth man who was paid to drive them to New York, authorities say.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Immigrant leaders in Portland say migrants will accept available housing
That appears to be a shift since Tuesday, when city staffers said housing offers outside Portland had been repeatedly turned down.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine ACLU calls on Concord Coach Lines to forbid immigration searches
The bus company says it is unwilling to deny access to federal agents despite guidance that points to bus passengers having the ability to refuse consent.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Immigration operation touted by Trump nets 35 arrests
Trump had billed the operation as a major show of force in an effort to ‘deport millions’ of people in the country illegally.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Opponents of U.S. border policy chant ‘Never again is now’
We need to go on record as standing up against the treatment of migrant families in detention centers.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump administration expanding deportations without a hearing
The change in policy would also allow ICE officials to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants anywhere in the U.S.