LEWISTON — The number of asylum-seekers receiving General Assistance from the city could nearly double this year compared to fiscal 2015-16, according to city records. Figures from the Social Services Department show General Assistance has been provided to 355 asylum-seekers in the first half of this fiscal year, from July 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, […]
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Sen. Susan Collins defends demonstrators, criticizes Trump immigration policy
The demonstrations roiling the country in the wake of Donald Trump’s ascendancy to the White House show “the beauty of America” in the way its people speak up, Maine’s senior senator said Monday. There’s nothing like it in places such as North Korea, Russia and Iran, said U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican. But Collins […]
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Ban causes pain, despair in Lewiston’s Somali community
LEWISTON — Samira Aden, 12, a Lewiston Middle School seventh-grader, was looking forward to seeing her grandmother this spring. “I haven’t met her yet,” Samira said. For the past 24 years her grandmother, Isha Varsame, a native of Somalia, has lived in a refugee camp in Kenya. Aden has talked on the phone with her. […]
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Donald Trump signs regulation restriction, defends immigration ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coverage of President Donald Trump on Monday (all times local): Some Republicans not totally supportive Updated 11:10 a.m.: Growing numbers of Republican lawmakers are expressing concerns about President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on immigration. GOP Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina say in a joint […]
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Bates College president ‘appalled’ by Trump’s immigration order
LEWISTON — Some members of the Bates College community may be feeling the impact of President Donald Trump’s executive order that limits immigration by refugees and people from seven majority Muslim countries. “I am appalled by the executive order and the inhumane manner in which it is being implemented,” college President Clayton Spencer wrote in […]
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Sen. Libby blasts Trump’s new immigration orders
AUGUSTA — Lewiston’s state senator called President Donald Trump’s immigration order “the most egregious moral failure by the American government in the modern era.” Nate Libby, the assistant Democratic leader, said the immigration restriction “runs afoul of the promise of America inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, that our shores will always be welcome to […]
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Analysis: Donald Trump’s move on immigration leads to chaos at airports
Here’s where things stand heading into day 11 of the Trump administration: Protests in major cities. Chaos at U.S. airports. Welcome to week two of President Donald Trump’s administration, where it’s clear the controversies are just beginning. The weekend’s news was dominated by a massive backlash against Trump’s executive order barring refugees, migrants and foreign […]
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President Donald Trump denies immigration restriction ‘a Muslim ban’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is vigorously defending his immigration restrictions, as protests spread throughout the country, saying “this is about terror and keeping our country safe.” Trump released a statement asserting, “To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting.” The president addressed the issue late Sunday […]
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Donald Trump’s ban on refugees, Muslims sparks confusion, worry, and protests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confusion, worry and outrage grew Saturday as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries took effect. Airlines blocked people traveling to the United States, legal challenges were underway and doubts abounded about whether the order would make America safer. The immediate fallout from Trump’s order meant that […]
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Maine’s senators denounce Trump’s ban on immigration from 7 Muslim countries
Both of Maine’s U.S. senators said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on immigration from seven Islamic countries is off the mark. “The worldwide refugee ban set forth in the executive order is overly broad and implementing it will be immediately problematic,” said U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican. She said, for example, “it […]