The Department of Homeland Security’s figures show that from April 19 through May 31, 1,995 minors were removed from 1,940 adults.
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Homeland Security reports about 2,000 children separated from families in last 2 months
The figures show that 1,995 minors were separated from 1,940 adults from April 19 through May 31.
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Homeless families fuel record use of Portland’s emergency shelters
An average of 520 people stayed overnight in March and April, with much of the increase attributed to immigrants seeking political asylum.
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Maine protesters object to Trump administration border policy separating children from immigrant families
About 100 people gathered to voice their opposition outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office in South Portland.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions excludes domestic, gang violence from asylum claims
The widely expected move overruled a Board of Immigration Appeals decision in 2016 that gave asylum status to a woman from El Salvador who fled her husband.
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A year after husband was deported in immigration crackdown, dark days for Naples woman
Sandra Scribner Merlim has hope that Otto Morales-Caballeros will be allowed to return from Guatemala, but the process is long, difficult and a test of patience.
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A new mother gets an early Mother’s Day gift: U.S. citizenship
Takry Khamwandee came to the U.S. to learn English in preparation to become an English teacher in her native Thailand, but remained here when she fell in love.
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ACLU of Maine joins lawsuit seeking federal immigration records
The organization and its affiliates in New Hampshire and Vermont say federal agencies have not provided public documents about increased immigration enforcement.
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ACLU of Maine sues immigration agencies for public records of citizenship checks
The organization says it has been denied access to public records about checks done by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at a bus station in Bangor.
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Honduran man appeals federal conviction
He was found guilty of being in the U.S. illegally, but his lawyer has argued that he was initially stopped because of racial profiling.