Maine’s 2nd District U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said unequivocally in a video posted to Facebook on Tuesday that children at U.S. border crossings should stay with their parents. The Republican’s remarks, his first direct comments about the ongoing immigration issue, were more forceful than the statement released by his office on Monday that said he […]
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Trump, GOP to huddle as outrage builds over border policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Capitol Hill frantically searched on Tuesday for ways to end the administration’s policy of separating families after illegal border crossings, ahead of a visit from President Donald Trump to discuss broader immigration legislation. Top conservatives, including key Trump allies, announced they were introducing bills to stop the practice amid a […]
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Family separation policy starts dividing Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a rising tide of outrage from Democrats and some Republicans over the forced separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump dug in Monday, again falsely blaming Democrats in the escalating political crisis. Democrats have turned up the pressure over the policy, and some Republicans have […]
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Visa woes have summer businesses looking to Puerto Ricans
PHIPPSBURG — Frustrated by red tape and visa limits on foreign workers, tourism businesses from Maine to Missouri are turning to Puerto Ricans who are fleeing a shattered economy and devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. Bob Smith, owner of Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, hired a half-dozen Puerto Ricans last summer for housekeeping, landscaping and […]
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Trump pushing immigration crisis to appease base support
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has claimed that the group of migrants that recently made its way from Central America to the United States symbolizes out-of-control immigration, lawlessness and violence besetting the country. “Getting more dangerous. ‘Caravans’ coming,” he tweeted last month. This week, he added: “The migrant ‘caravan’ that is openly defying our border […]
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Immigration issue poisons democratic politics
By William Galston Special to The Washington Post Center-left political analysts want to believe that economic stagnation and income inequality form the heart of the contemporary populist surge, but the evidence does not bear this out. In Britain, the pro-Brexit campaigners’ shift of focus from economics to immigration and sovereignty proved decisive. Immigration did more […]
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'Maine history through a global lens'
Students from the Androscoggin Valley Educational Collaborative, background, listen to Edward Little High School students, standing on the stairs at Museum L-A in Lewiston, during Stories of Immigration on Thursday. Erin Towns’ Maine Cultural Heritage class at Edward Little High School in Auburn collected stories from their peers who have immigrated to Maine and shared […]
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Judge will decide by Friday whether Portland asylum seeker can compete in poetry contest
A Deering High School junior who is in Maine seeking asylum from Zambia will find out by Friday whether he can participate in a national poetry recital contest that begins Monday. A federal judge in Portland on Wednesday heard arguments in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Allan Monga, 19, who has been banned from […]
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Supreme Court strikes down law authorizing deportations for violent crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court’s 5-4 decision — an unusual alignment in which new Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the four liberal justices — concerns a […]
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Deering student sues after poetry contest says the asylum-seeker can’t participate
A Deering High School student is suing the National Endowment for the Arts because he’s banned from participating in a national poetry contest due to his immigration status. A complaint filed Wednesday on behalf of 17-year-old junior Allan Monga, an asylum-seeker from Zambia, asks that he be allowed to compete in the Poetry Out Loud […]