The bipartisan legislation crafted by the ‘Common Sense Coalition’ would have granted legal status to 1.8 million ‘dreamers’ and spent $25 billion for border security over the next decade.
immigration
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
System is broken, says Rhode Island mother released from immigration detention
She and her husband went to the citizenship office for a routine interview, and next thing she knew, she was in custody.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine attorney general joins peers opposing citizenship question in census
Janet Mills signs a joint letter saying that asking about citizenship status would depress participation in the census and throw off the populations counts.
Posted inLocal & State
Crowd rallies outside Waterville City Hall to support Haitian immigrant
Lexius Saint Martin, 35, came to the U.S. as a child and was taken last month by ICE officials, who plan to deport him.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine bakery fined nearly $95,000 over hiring foreign workers
Bread and Roses Bakery, of Ogunquit, is paying back wages and penalties for advertising low pay rates and then paying foreign workers more.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump plans to tout economic growth, tax cuts in State of the Union address
The president will also push a $1 trillion plan to improve roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Citizenship screening at Maine bus station stirs mixed feelings, legal questions
One passenger who was asked about his citizenship this month said the experience was unexpected and upsetting.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine ACLU questions immigration checks at Bangor bus station
The U.S. Border Patrol confirmed the operation took place Jan. 14.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Justice Department turns up heat on mayors of ‘sanctuary cities’
Trump officials warn them that they could be legally forced to prove they are cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
‘Dreamers’ from Maine visit Washington to appeal for protection from deportation
Christian Castaneda of Portland meets with Sen. Susan Collins and others to lobby for a permanent solution, saying he has been ‘in the shadows for too long.’