The people gather on the Margaret Chase Smith Bridge said the policy change anouncement the president made Wednesday is irrelevant, because it still means innocent children will be locked up.
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Maine advocates still concerned over fate of immigrant families
President Trump promised to end families’ separation at the Mexico border Wednesday, but his executive order also seeks to override a law limiting the time children can stay in detention facilities.
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LePage plans to send helicopter, 2 National Guard pilots to U.S.-Mexico border
Governors of several other states on the East Coast, including two Republicans, had pulled their National Guard resources before Trump reversed course and ended the ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy that resulted in children being separated from their parents.
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Rep. Pingree to visit Texas facilities where children separated from parents are detained
The Maine congresswoman will join a group of more than 20 Democratic colleagues at the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday.
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In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation
Images of young children in tears, housed in metal cages, set off international outrage.
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US officials likely lost track of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children
The new estimate comes as backlash widens over President Donald Trump’s’ decision to separate parents and children.
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Trump, Republican lawmakers struggle to address anger over family separations
One plan would keep children in detention longer than now permitted — but with their parents.
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Sen. Collins calls for White House to halt ‘inhumane’ practice of separating children from parents
Collins joins 12 other Republican senators in sending a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions that says the Justice Department’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy is ‘the immediate cause of the crisis.’
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Sen. Collins says she’s seeking a solution as pressure builds to stop splitting families at U.S. border
The Maine senator says she’s pursuing legislation directly addressing the issue of family separation, but a critic says faster action is necessary at a time of crisis.
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Bus company says employee made mistake by saying riders had to be U.S. citizens
A Concord Coach Lines official says the employee in Bangor was caught off-guard with a question he was unprepared to answer.