The Trump administration formally implemented its policy of ‘zero tolerance’ from April to June of 2018, when a federal judge ordered that separated families be reunited. Some of the children were as young as 3 when they were separated.
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New York Post reporter resigns, says she was ‘ordered’ to write false story about Kamala Harris book
Conservative news outlets and social media ran with the story over the supposed distribution of Harris’s 2019 book, ‘Superheroes Are Everywhere’ to migrant children.
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Committee approves bill on party lines to restore MaineCare benefits to noncitizen immigrants
The measure cleared the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee with majority Democrats favoring the change and Republicans opposing it.
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New TV series to focus on Maine’s immigrant entrepreneurs
Sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank, the series will feature business owners from Ghana, Iraq, Rwanda, Kenya, India, Bolivia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.
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A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
A short, grainy video recently released by U.S. authorities captures the perils for migrant children at the southern border.
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Outreach efforts target vaccine access and reluctance in Maine’s immigrant population
A small grassroots army of truth-tellers and trendsetters is working to make sure new Mainers have factual information about the COVID-19 vaccine and ready access to area clinics.
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Stimulus checks arrive in moment of need for many Mainers
Recipients are spending the money on transportation, housing, food, veterinary care, debt reduction and other uses.
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Border crossings surge, straining U.S. facilities and putting pressure on Biden
As of Sunday, more than 4,000 children were in the Border Patrol’s custody.
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Texas family detention centers expected to transform into rapid-processing hubs
The Biden administration is racing to absorb a growing number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border amid shortages of bed space and personnel.