The president intends to draw $3.6 billion from military construction funds and $2.5 billion from a military drug interdiction program to help build 234 miles of new barriers along the border.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Woe to any 2020 Democrat who doesn’t embrace partisanship
Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Amy Klobuchar may fail dogma litmus tests tests in the primaries.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
White House considering several options for finding $5.7 billion to build wall
Tapping funds for disaster relief, drug interdiction or military construction are possibilities, but each has political and practical ramifications.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House Democrats threaten challenge to Trump’s emergency declaration
The Judiciary Committee chairman calls it ‘a gross abuse of presidential power,’ but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says no decision had been made on a challenge.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Maine congressional delegation criticizes Trump’s plan to declare national emergency
Republican Sen. Susan Collins joins Sen. Angus King, an independent, and Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden in questioning the wisdom and constitutionality of such a move.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress must act to end child separation
The administration has shown it cannot be trusted to provide humane treatment.
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Another View: LePage wisely averse to romanticizing immigration
In a column critical of recent remarks by the former governor, Greg Kesich fails to link Portland’s immigrant influx to a strain on services.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, Religion and Values
Pope Francis will meet with migrants in Morocco
He will also visit a training institute for imams that seeks to be a bulwark against Islamic extremism.
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Maine Voices: Building a wall won’t solve prime impetus for immigration
The driving force of migration is too many people vying for too few resources, which is usually accompanied by deadly violence.
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Money for Trump’s wall remains a question mark
Senate Republicans indicate they’re prepared to agree to less funding than the president wants.