With businesses scrambling to find workers, we need immigrants to keep the Trump boom going.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Trump should run Homeland Security like a business
Choose candidates with proven abilities and relevant experience for critical leadership positions – don’t leave them empty or hire presidential pals.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump widens purge of Homeland Security leadership
The White House announced the removal of U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles, the latest in a series of departures from the department.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Secret Service chief’s departure comes amid broader White House shakeup
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles will be stepping down from his post, the latest in a string of departures from President Donald Trump’s administration. Alles “has done a great job at the agency over the last two years, and the President is thankful for his over 40 years of service to […]
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Welcome to America – one backpack at a time
Seventeen church congregants from Yarmouth, most of them retirees, head for Texas to see the border crisis for themselves.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Cutting aid won’t help stop southern border crisis
President Trump’s proposal to keep the situation from escalating will only make it worse.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Newspaper that serves Maine’s immigrant community launches website
The free newspaper prints 10,000 copies a month, which are distributed through 200 locations.
Posted inNation & World
Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow
About 60 people a day are returned to Mexico and officials say they hope to increase that number to 300.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House upholds Trump’s veto of resolution rejecting his border emergency
Congress had tried to block the president’s national emergency, which he declared in order to use military funds to build his border wall.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Lawmakers denounce plan to divert military money for wall
Both Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee said there is little support for tapping military construction projects for the wall.