The case revolves around a Congolese woman who was separated from her 7-year-old daughter in detention centers 2,000 miles apart.
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Greg Kesich: Gov. LePage dreams up phony problem when state has real ones to solve
Legislators should ask why the non-issue of female genital mutilation in Maine is suddenly his big priority.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Melania Trump’s parents are legal permanent residents of the US
The couple likely achieved that status through “chain migration,” a process President Donald Trump has derided and proposed ending, experts on immigration say.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville resident Lexius Saint Martin deported to Haiti
The family’s lawyer said a private legislative bill or broader immigration bill could bring him back to the U.S.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Senate rejects 2 immigration bills, including one championed by Collins, King
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.