Denying food, rent and health care assistance to asylum seekers won’t make us richer. Helping people get started will help the state grow.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Lawmakers consider bills to reinstate asylum seekers’ access to welfare benefits
Welfare reforms pushed by former Gov. Paul LePage and the Republican-controlled Legislature eight years ago eliminated access to some assistance programs for non-citizens.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Trump should run Homeland Security like a business
Choose candidates with proven abilities and relevant experiences for critical leadership positions – don’t leave them empty or hire presidential pals.
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.
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.