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Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Welcome to America – one backpack at a time
Seventeen church congregants from Yarmouth, most of them retirees, head for Texas to see the border crisis for themselves.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Cutting aid won’t help stop border crisis
President Donald Trump’s plan for the problems at the border would only make them worse.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Newspaper that serves Maine’s immigrant community launches website
The free newspaper prints 10,000 copies a month, which are distributed through 200 locations.
Posted inNation & World
Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow
About 60 people a day are returned to Mexico and officials say they hope increase that number to 300.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
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.
Posted inUncategorized
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.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inLocal & State
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.