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PublishedJuly 17, 2023
Lewiston mother sues feds after waiting over 5 years to be reunited with husband
Fowziya Weheliye has been separated from her husband for 9 years after the couple fled Somalia, and then Kenya as refugees. She has been waiting since 2018 for federal officials to allow her husband to join her and their children in the U.S.
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PublishedJune 23, 2023
Supreme Court says White House can continue to set deportation priorities
In this case, the justices said the Department of Homeland Security has the authority to focus on arresting recent border crossers and those who commit violent crimes.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Photo Album: New Mainers celebrate the English language
Students and their English teachers celebrate the last class of the spring semester at The Root Cellar.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Naturalization ceremony welcomes 23 new Mainers
The new U.S. citizens took an oath of allegiance to their new country during a ceremony at the South Portland U.S. Citizens and Immigration Service field office.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Portland schools struggle to enroll students amid influx of asylum seekers
The city school district has enrolled over 800 students whose primary language is not English this school year – about twice the rate of the previous year.
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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Federal asylum rule change could affect flow of new immigrants into Maine
Title 42 ended last week, but the Biden administration has implemented a new rule that advocates say will continue to restrict people seeking asylum.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
U.S. sees highest-ever migration influx as pandemic border policy ends
The Title 42 border restrictions used during the pandemic to quickly expel migrants who were in the U.S. illegally expired Thursday evening.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how U.S. immigration policy is changing.
The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends
Democrats, who have a narrow hold on the Senate, have decried the aggressive measures in the bill as cruel and anti-immigrant, and Biden has already promised he would veto it.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
‘Now or never’: Migrants rush to U.S. border ahead of Title 42 expiration
The new policies crackdown on illegal crossings while also setting up legal pathways for migrants who apply online, seek a sponsor, and undergo background checks.
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