A chase on I-95 in Houlton ended when a trooper fired shots at the truck as it headed for the Canadian port of entry; the man surrendered without injury.
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Posted inNation / World, News
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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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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Authorities arrest 17 undocumented migrant workers in Lisbon
The arrests occurred at around 8 p.m. Tuesday at a house at 93 Main St. in the village of Lisbon Falls, according to local police.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Two arrested in Skowhegan traffic stop that nets 200 unlicensed marijuana plants in trailer
Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.