BATH — When Smokey’s Greater Shows rolled through town for Bath Heritage Days over the last week, most people were drawn to the rides, games and booths that signal the arrival of summer in Maine. But like many other seasonal businesses in the state, Smokey’s is dependent on foreign labor. According to General Manager Robby […]
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US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged, the Associated Press has learned. The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, […]
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Woman protesting immigration policy climbs base of Statue of Liberty, forcing shutdown
NEW YORK (AP) — A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base and sat by the statue’s robes. The woman and […]
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U.S. border agents search Canadian fishing boats in dispute waters off Maine coast
At least 10 Canadian fishing boats operating in disputed waters off the coast of Maine were intercepted in recent days by U.S. Border Patrol agents searching for illegal immigrants, according to Canadian news organizations. The boats were stopped while fishing near Machias Seal Island, an area where both the United States and Canada claim jurisdiction. […]
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Protesters of immigration policies organize rallies across Maine
AUBURN — Protesters in Lewiston-Auburn joined many across Maine and the nation Saturday to show their frustration with the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Some signs locally read, “Stop Separating Families,” “Resist Hate and Racism” or “Stop This Nightmare.” Longley Bridge was covered end-to-end with hundreds of protesters at the Families Belong Together rally, part of […]
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Augusta, Farmington immigration rallies draw hundreds
AUGUSTA — Hoai-nam Hoang stood on State Street near the statehouse Saturday holding a simple sign. Hand printed on cardboard, it said thanks to compassion, an immigrant family came to the United States. That family was her own. Hoang’s parents and her older brother and sister traveled to the United States as refugees in 1980 […]
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Protests set in cities large and small over immigration policy
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of protesters across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, marched Saturday — in major cities and tiny towns — to demand President Donald Trump’s administration reunite the divided families. More than 700 planned marches are expected to draw hundreds of thousands of […]
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Rallies against Trump immigration policy planned for central Maine
Rallies in Auburn, Farmington, Augusta and other Maine cities are planned this weekend as part of a nationwide protest of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and to show support for immigrants. Across the country, more than 600 events are being planned as part of Families Belong Together hosted by MoveOn.org. “We want a humane and […]
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Poliquin supports immigration bill that fails to pass in House
An immigration bill that sought to bridge the divide separating Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives failed by a wide margin Wednesday. The compromise measure that President Donald Trump urged the House to pass secured the support of only half of GOP lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a two-term incumbent from Maine’s […]
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17 states sue Trump administration over family separations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seventeen states, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the border, as pressure mounted to reconnect families more quickly. “The administration’s practice of separating families is cruel, plain and simple,” New Jersey Attorney […]