President Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office to reunite families that were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border to discourage illegal immigration.
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Posted inMaine, News
His deportation pulled a husband and wife apart for four long years, but no longer
Sandra Scribner Merlim and her husband, Otto Morales-Caballeros, have been reunited in Maine after he spent more than four years in Guatemala. The reunion was hard fought, and they don’t want to be apart now.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston council shuts down proposal regarding immigration status after heated debate
The proposed ordinance would’ve prohibited local police from inquiring into the immigration status of any person.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston to resettle a number of Afghan refugee families
Maine Immigrant & Refugee Services will begin resettling between 50-100 Afghan refugees next week. The agency has been collecting donated items.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Perspective
Being multilingual helped Samu Tona — and Lewiston
I met Samu Tona on the first day of the rest of his life. It was September 2017. Just days before, they’d fled their native Angola, where crime rates were on the rise, politically motivated killings had become commonplace. “There is so much insecurity there,” he said. “It’s dangerous, basic human needs are not being met, unemployment […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Perspective
Manuel Vemba makes great strides in the community and on our soccer fields
“I am here for the American dream,” he declared when arriving in the U.S. And he’s helping other immigrants work for that dream.
Posted inMaine, News
Afghan evacuees to begin arriving in Maine as soon as this week
Catholic Charities Maine is heading up the resettlement of 67 to 100 Afghans who fled their homeland as the U.S. military withdrew from the 20-year war.
Posted inPerspective
The debate over who should police migration is an old one
Even before the United States regulated migration, states did. Here’s why.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Why are there thousands of Haitian migrants at the Texas border?
Thousands of migrants from Haiti are camped out under a bridge in South Texas trying to enter the United States, leading to a fresh humanitarian and political crisis for President Joe Biden.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over ‘inhumane’ treatment of Haitian migrants at U.S.-Mexico border
The veteran diplomat criticized the U.S. decision to repatriate thousands of Haitians from the U.S.-Mexico border over the past few days.