The proposal calls for letting legal residents participate in municipal elections, but it faces legal and other hurdles.
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Waterville family hopes pardon will pave way home for deported father
A three-member pardon board will recommend to the governor whether Lexius Saint Martin, who is living in a hut in Haiti, should be pardoned for trafficking in cocaine a decade ago.
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Only half of detained migrant children to be reunited with families by deadline
At least 50 immigrant children under age 5 will be released with their parents by Tuesday’s court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunify families forcibly separated at the border, a government attorney said Monday.
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago wants to hire 61 foreign workers
Trump has criticized U.S. companies for employing foreign workers, but has defended Mar-a-Lago’s hiring practices, saying there aren’t enough local applicants.
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Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border
Hours before a hearing in San Diego, the Justice Department filed papers seeking an extension of the deadline, which is July 10 for all parents with children under 5 and July 26 to reunite everyone else.
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Rockland mayor questions intent of Knox County sheriff’s checkpoints
The chief deputy says the public safety stops are nothing new and have nothing to do with immigration.
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U.S. law enforcement’s boat stops along maritime border rankle Canadian fishermen
Border Patrol has questioned the crews of more than 20 Canadian vessels and an unknown number of American boats in a ramped-up effort that has yielded no immigration arrests.
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Federal presence leaves some Mainers wary
Rumors and fears abound as heightened rhetoric on immigration pervades even the lives of lawful citizens, and routine encounters can seem like anything but.
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About 2,000 people protest Trump immigration policies in front of Portland City Hall
Rallies are also held elsewhere in Maine, including Brunswick, Augusta, Farmington, Bangor and Bar Harbor.
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Sen. King joins Brunswick rally against separation of immigrant families
The event is one of hundreds of nationwide protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies, which have rounded up thousands of families and children into makeshift detention facilities at the southern border.