Banning refugees and immigrants brings back the worst – and best – of episodes from our history.
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U.N. official hears ‘uplifting’ accounts from refugees during event at USM
Young refugees in high school and college tell Kelly Clements, a Maine native, that they have found a ‘welcoming, engaging and supportive’ community here.
Interactive map: Where Maine’s refugees come from
Since 2002, hundreds of new Mainers have arrived from nations targeted by President Trump’s embattled immigration ban.
Maine synagogues condemn order suspending refugee arrivals
The statement says in part: ‘We cannot sit idly by and watch as our Muslim brothers and sisters are denied refuge in this country simply on the basis of their religion and nationality.’
In Maine, words of support for refugees contrast with message from state Republican Party
Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Deeley says the president’s order has left many refugee families ‘filled with anxiety and fear.’
Maine AG Janet Mills among 17 nationwide who condemn Trump’s ban on refugees
The Democratic legal officers say the president’s executive order is ‘unconstitutional, un-American and unlawful.’
Thousands protest Trump policies at 2 rallies in Portland
About 2,000 crowd the baggage claim area at Portland International Jetport, and 1,200 demonstrate outside City Hall.
Syrian refugee wounded in blast hopes to reunite with family
The 11-year-old longs for his mom and siblings to join him and his dad in Massachusetts,
We must recall lessons of Japanese internment, lest we repeat tragedy
It was wrong to round up Japanese-Americans 75 years ago, and today’s Muslims are no different.
2016 sets record for migrants lost, killed at sea
A new report shows that 7,189 migrants and refugees have died so far this year.