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PublishedJune 7, 2021
Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status
A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents.
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PublishedMay 25, 2021
Lawmakers may limit use of facial recognition software by police in Maine
A bill sponsored by Rep. Grayson Lookner, D-Portland, would limit police use of facial recognition technology to investigations of only the most serious crimes.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
U.S. reunites some immigrant families separated at border, DHS secretary says
The Trump administration formally implemented its policy of 'zero tolerance' from April to June of 2018, when a federal judge ordered that separated families be reunited. Some of the children were as young as 3 when they were separated.
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PublishedApril 28, 2021
New York Post reporter resigns, says she was ‘ordered’ to write false story about Kamala Harris book
Conservative news outlets and social media ran with the story over the supposed distribution of Harris's 2019 book, 'Superheroes Are Everywhere' to migrant children.
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PublishedApril 21, 2021
Committee approves bill on party lines to restore MaineCare benefits to noncitizen immigrants
The measure cleared the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee with majority Democrats favoring the change and Republicans opposing it.
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PublishedApril 21, 2021
New TV series to focus on Maine’s immigrant entrepreneurs
Sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank, the series will feature business owners from Ghana, Iraq, Rwanda, Kenya, India, Bolivia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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PublishedApril 8, 2021
Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.
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PublishedApril 1, 2021
A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
A short, grainy video recently released by U.S. authorities captures the perils for migrant children at the southern border.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2021
Outreach efforts target vaccine access and reluctance in Maine’s immigrant population
A small grassroots army of truth-tellers and trendsetters is working to make sure new Mainers have factual information about the COVID-19 vaccine and ready access to area clinics.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2021
Stimulus checks arrive in moment of need for many Mainers
Recipients are spending the money on transportation, housing, food, veterinary care, debt reduction and other uses.
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