Biden to tap Trump foes for immigration posts amid border surge

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Published
April 12, 2021

Biden to tap Trump foes for immigration posts amid border surge

Biden has selected Chris Magnus, the police chief from Tucson, Ariz., to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Published
April 9, 2021

Ramadan: Maine Islamic leaders battle misconception about vaccines and fasting

Islamic leaders around the country are spreading the word ahead of Ramadan that it’s OK to be vaccinated for the coronavirus during fasting for the most sacred month of the year for Muslims.
Published
April 8, 2021

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.
Published
April 5, 2021

Poll finds more Americans disapprove of how Biden is handling immigration

More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Published
April 3, 2021

U.S. Border Patrol agents being reassigned from Maine to Mexican border

Agents working on the Maine-Canada border are being sent to states in the Southwest to address the migrant influx there.
Published
April 1, 2021

Migrants freed without court notice – and sometimes no paperwork

The Border Patrol began the unusual practice last week in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, which has seen the biggest increase in families and unaccompanied minors crossing from Mexico.
Published
March 29, 2021

Proposed ballot initiative to block non-citizens from voting falls short

The Maine Secretary of State's Office says the initiative, inspired by debate in Portland about allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections, did not have enough valid signatures.
Published
March 28, 2021

There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data.

Evidence shows that we're seeing the usual seasonal bump - plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic.
Published
March 28, 2021

Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge

Immigration has emerged as one of the administration's most urgent challenges — seized on by Republicans as a political cudgel, posing risks to Democrats in the 2022 midterms and potentially undermining Biden's governing agenda.
Published
March 26, 2021

Small Texas border town is route to U.S. for migrant children

Roma, a town of 10,000 people with historic buildings and boarded-up storefronts in the Rio Grande Valley, is the latest epicenter of illegal crossings.