Trump’s move to “reprogram” Pentagon money to build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has been a long-running dispute between the administration and Congress.
Mexican border
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Massacre in Mexico demands American response
Sending troops isn’t the right answer – building a civil society is.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
No refugees allowed? Trump’s plan to give states, cities veto prompts outcry
Many details are still being worked out amid a 90-day period to formulate the new policy.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Collins took right tack to oppose Trump on wall
She rightly supports a new vote to undo the president’s emergency declaration, and rightly opposed a Democratic plan to block funds for it and other projects.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Texan offers Mainers a practical primer on U.S. Border ‘patrolling’
Given a new chief Border Patrol agent’s plans to expand warrantless searches here, Mainers should prepare for challenges to their constitutional rights.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
UMaine professor compelled to make art at the border
Activist-artist Susan Smith of Dover-Foxcroft has been traveling extensively to Texas.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Focus on Mexican border may cost northern resources, report says
Efforts to reduce staffing shortages on the U.S. border with Canada could be hindered by an executive order signed by President Trump that directs resources south.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Holocaust comparisons have unintended consequences
The lessons of Hitler’s reign of brutality are weakened if every injustice is likened to them.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Response to discrimination must occur before genocide is on the horizon
Whatever the defining term, we need to focus on the degradation being funded by our tax dollars at the border.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Human rights abuses at the border must end
Congress cannot show more patience with an administration willing to inflict pain on people who have done us no wrong.