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PublishedJune 30, 2019
The Road to Portland
Families from central Africa face oceans, jungles, mountains, rivers, bandits, sickness, starvation and wild animals to escape political violence in their home countries and travel the long road through Latin America to Portland, Maine.
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PublishedJune 25, 2019
Head of Border Protection steps down as outrage grows over migrant children
The government has moved more than 100 children back to a remote Border Patrol station in Texas where children were caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
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PublishedJune 24, 2019
Government moves migrant children after poor conditions exposed
The action at a Border Patrol station in Texas came after reports that more than 300 kids were forced to care for one another there with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
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PublishedJune 12, 2019
Asylum seekers from Africa describe difficult journeys to Maine
They traveled for months through Central America after fleeing violence and instability at home.
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PublishedMay 9, 2019
‘Shoot them!’: Trump laughs off a supporter’s demand for violence against migrants
The president's joking response raised concerns that he was tacitly encouraging extrajudicial killings and brutality against asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants.
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PublishedApril 12, 2019
Trump says plan to release detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’ still alive
The president's tweet contradicts statements issued by the White House and Homeland Security saying the proposal wasn't being considered anymore.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2019
Bill to exclude non-citizens sparks State House debate over voting rights
A Republican lawmaker wants a constitutional amendment to allow only citizens to cast ballots in state and local elections – something state law already does.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2019
Court considers racial profiling claim against Maine state trooper
A federal appeals court in Boston is looking at whether an undocumented immigrant from Honduras was the victim of unlawful detention.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2019
Legislators may ease path to job licensing to bolster opportunity in Maine
New Mainers are especially likely to wind up underemployed when state won't recognize foreign credentials.
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PublishedFebruary 20, 2019
Sen. Collins backs 16-state lawsuit against Trump’s national emergency declaration
The Maine Republican says she and others in her party are wary of his 'unilateral action.' And though she's made no final decision, she's 'laying the groundwork' for re-election.
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