The planned walkout on Wednesday is in response to the company selling over $200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to an agency that manages detention centers along the U.S. border.
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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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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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Some asylum seekers move on, leaving fewer families sheltering at Portland Expo
While African migrants who came from the southern U.S. border wait at an emergency shelter in Portland, some may be moving on to Canada because of immigration fears.
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Portland’s neighbors pledge to help find homes and other assistance for asylum seekers
Leaders from 6 Greater Portland communities say they will seek housing for close to 90 families who are now staying in city shelters.
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Maine House votes to relax welfare restrictions on asylum seekers
The bill, which has gained urgency following the surge of asylum seekers to Portland, provides no money but directs DHHS to offer non-citizens welfare ‘within available resources.’
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Westbrook considers helping asylum seekers
Residents and city councilors are divided on whether municipal government should be involved in helping the immigrants.
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South Portland council considers ways to help asylum seekers
City councilors discuss spending as much as $100,000 and organizing a regional effort to help deal with the surge in asylum seekers coming to Portland from the southern border.
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Maine’s congressional delegation reacts to influx of asylum seekers
All four members point to the need for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Asylum seekers from Africa describe difficult journeys to Maine
They traveled for months through Central America after fleeing violence and instability at home.