Congress cannot show more patience with an administration willing to inflict pain on people who have done us no wrong.
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Asylum seekers welcomed to Maine with a ‘beautiful and wonderful’ July Fourth picnic
Despite a political divide over immigration nationally, large numbers of volunteers donate food, services or time to welcome 150-plus recently arrived asylum seekers sheltering in Portland.
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New American citizens ready to celebrate the Fourth in Maine
The holiday means independence for the United States – and for these grateful people, too.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: ‘Comprehensive immigration reform’ won’t resolve migrant crisis
The best way to deal with the surge is to require asylum seekers to apply from home or a third country, not at the border.
Posted inNation & World
Sexist Facebook posts ‘inappropriate,’ U.S. Border Patrol chief says
A secret Facebook group for agents and employees included sexually explicit posts about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and comments mocking migrant deaths.
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Girl recalls poor care in Texas border station
A 12-year-old girl locked in a Texas border station with her little sister says they were treated badly, slept on the floor, didn’t have enough food and weren’t allowed to bathe.
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The Road to Portland
Families from central Africa face oceans, jungles, mountains, rivers, bandits, sickness, starvation and wild animals to escape political violence in their home countries and travel the long road through Latin America to Portland, Maine.
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Asylum seekers defy death for a better life in Maine
Fleeing violence in their home countries, they endure a hellish journey from central Africa to reach a hoped-for haven in Maine.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House passes border aid bill backed by Senate and Trump administration
The emergency legislation is expected to ease a cash crunch at federal agencies that care for migrants who have flocked over the border in huge numbers seeking asylum.
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McConnell rejects Democrats’ demands to change $4.6 billion border bill
Democratic demands include more protections for the children, such as setting medical and hygiene standards at facilities, and a requirement that any death of a minor be reported within 24 hours.