The databases at times have led to the wrongful detention of U.S. citizens.
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Posted inLocal & State
Artwork from children in detention camps coming to Waterville
Mary Dunn, who has traveled to the U.S. and Mexican border, is helping to organize the exhibit, as well as a silent auction fundraiser Oct. 12 at Hathaway Creative Center to help asylum seekers with humanitarian aid and legal services.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: European Union takes promising new approach to its migration crisis
A plan to reallocate those rescued at sea is a first step, but the EU should now reform the system as a whole.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
City, YMCA team up to celebrate diversity in community
Welcoming Week includes dance performances, a food truck night, dance party and a naturalization ceremony.
Posted inNation & World, News
Italy offers migrant ship passage to island port, softening its closed-door policy
Some Italian lawmakers described the outcome as the start of a less hostile era toward people fleeing Africa and the Middle East.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump official says asylum changes will drive down backlog
The new policy will deny asylum to nearly all migrants arriving at the southern border who aren’t from Mexico because it disallows anyone who passes through another country without first seeking and failing to obtain asylum there.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Near-shutdown of refugee resettlement program is bad for Portland
New Americans make the city more prosperous, our schools more diverse and our restaurant scene more interesting.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump administration officials consider further restricting U.S. refugee cap
Some members of the president’s team want the number to be 15,000 or fewer.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Support for open borders will be Democrats’ undoing in 2020
Voters (and opinion writers for liberal newspapers) oppose free care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing illegal crossings and other conspicuously bad ideas.
Posted inNation & World, News
Maine joins states questioning deportation of immigrants who need medical care
The attorneys general ask federal officials how immigrants with severe medical conditions can request deportation deferrals going forward.