About 60 people a day are returned to Mexico and officials say they hope increase that number to 300.
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House fails to override Trump’s veto of challenge to border emergency
Congress had tried to block the president’s declaration of a national emergency in order to use military funds to build his border wall.
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Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall
Both Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee said there is little support for tapping military construction projects for the wall.
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Maine Voices: After Christchurch attack, a call to prayer – and to action
Reject extremism, reach out to your neighbor and resist ‘us versus them’ rhetoric.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Mayor Nick Isgro criticized for anti-immigrant tweets from Maine Republican account
In a series of tweets late Thursday night the state party took aim at migrants and the city, falsely connecting immigrants to outbreaks of infectious diseases.
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Churches bring huge donation to Portland’s overflowing family shelter
The collection of winter clothing and personal care supplies was organized in response to a Maine Sunday Telegram report about immigrant families who fled violence and came to seek asylum.
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Court considers racial profiling claim against Maine state trooper
A federal appeals court in Boston is looking at whether an undocumented immigrant from Honduras was the victim of unlawful detention.
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Activists take aim at Golden for pro-gun, pro-ICE votes
Maine Democrat comes under fire from gun control group and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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In first subpoenas, House targets family separation at border
The House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Trump administration officials over the separations of families at the southern border.
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House OKs Democrats’ bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
Now it goes to the Republican Senate, and the president has already said he will veto the measure if it passes both houses of Congress.