Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants out of Texas to cities with Democratic mayors as part of a political strategy this year.
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Biden administration to halt controversial ‘Remain in Mexico’ program
“Remain in Mexico,” formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols Policy, or MPP, forced back more than 60,000 asylum-seekers during the Trump administration.
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51 migrants die in trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat
The death toll was the highest ever from a smuggling attempt in the United States.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Supreme Court could free Biden to end Trump asylum border policy
The heart of the fight is whether, with far less detention capacity than needed, immigration authorities must send people to Mexico or have the discretion to release asylum-seekers into the United States while they await their hearings.
Posted inMaine, News
Report on Boston Asylum Office finds disproportionately low acceptance rates, bias against applicants
The office serving asylum seekers in and around Maine has the second lowest approval rate in the nation, according to a report by Maine immigrant advocacy groups.
Posted inNation / World
ICE report shows sharp drop in deportations, immigration arrests under Biden
U.S. officials say the numbers reflect the administration’s efforts to emphasize ‘quality over quantity’ by directing the agency to prioritize immigrants who pose public safety and national security threats.
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Republican challengers say Bruce Poliquin should pay attention to Maine instead of the Texas border
Liz Caruso and Garret Swazey said politicians need to focus more on needs of everyday Mainers, less on ‘grandstanding.’
Posted inNation / World
U.S. has reunited 100 children taken from parents under Trump
President Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office to reunite families that were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border to discourage illegal immigration.
Posted inMaine, News
His deportation pulled a husband and wife apart for four long years, but no longer
Sandra Scribner Merlim and her husband, Otto Morales-Caballeros, have been reunited in Maine after he spent more than four years in Guatemala. The reunion was hard fought, and they don’t want to be apart now.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston council shuts down proposal regarding immigration status after heated debate
The proposed ordinance would’ve prohibited local police from inquiring into the immigration status of any person.