The lawsuit seeks to restore the visa status of more than 100 international students in New England, although it’s unclear if any Maine international students have had their visas terminated.
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Dominican national pleads guilty to illegally entering U.S.
Prosecutors say Odanis Manuel Brea Mejia was caught in Lewiston after he had previously been removed from the country.
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Union leaders in Maine condemn cancellation of TSA officers contract
‘Everything we’ve worked for is in the wind,’ said a union representative for 140 federal airport security officers in Maine.
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New Jersey man charged with swindling nearly $200,000 from local man in investment scam
The victim told police that his cash — $110,000 at first meeting and then another $50,000 at a later date — was inside a Walmart bag when he handed it over to the suspect.
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Lewiston man linked to ‘astounding’ amount of drugs, judge says
Investigators recovered 24 pounds of methamphetamine, prosecutors say.
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U.S. bans new types of goods from China over allegations of forced labor
The new approach marked a shift in the U.S. trade relationship with China to increasingly take into account national security and human rights.
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Lewiston shooter may have planned to ambush former co-workers in lot where his body was found
State police released a new document that suggests the gunman ‘would have known’ that there were no cameras in the overflow parking lot at Maine Recycling Corp., where he had worked.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
House Republicans advance Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue
The impeachment articles charge that Mayorkas ‘refused to comply with Federal immigration laws’ amid a record surge of migrants and that he has ‘breached the public trust’ in his claims to Congress that the U.S.-Mexico border is secure.
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House Republicans near key vote on impeaching Homeland’s Mayorkas over border policies
In an unusual personal appeal, Alejandro Mayorkas asks the committee to work with the Biden administration to update the nation’s ‘broken and outdated’ immigration laws.
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Auburn man gets 78 months in prison for child pornography
The defendant, formerly of Hollis, admitted to the crimes last year.