The refugee panel at the University of Maine at Augusta speaks in part to dispel misconceptions about migrants.
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Maine Voices: Finding one’s true voice in the most challenging of times
Banning refugees and immigrants brings back the worst – and best – of episodes from our history.
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Another View: Dill’s refugee column shows the flaws in how we train lawyers
The legal elite won’t accept that it’s the president and not the courts with authority on security issues.
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U.N. official hears ‘uplifting’ accounts from refugees during event at USM
Young refugees in high school and college tell Kelly Clements, a Maine native, that they have found a ‘welcoming, engaging and supportive’ community here.
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Interactive map: Where Maine’s refugees come from
Since 2002, hundreds of new Mainers have arrived from nations targeted by President Trump’s embattled immigration ban.
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Camden Conference can help Maine students learn about world issues
The nonpartisan group seeks to support teachers and allow students to get a hands-on education.
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Dana Milbank: Watch what Senate Republicans do under Trump, not just what they say
The Judiciary Committee missed a golden chance to influence immigration ban.
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Leonard Pitts: Let’s hope Women’s March, protests of travel ban signal a movement against Trump
It is time for a mass outcry in response to the shabby, chaos-inspiring actions of the Trump administration.
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Maine Voices: Muslim refugee ban keeps elderly Iranian grandmother in limbo
After nearly three years of vetting, she is issued a visa – then President Trump signs an executive order.
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Maine synagogues condemn order suspending refugee arrivals
The statement says in part: ‘We cannot sit idly by and watch as our Muslim brothers and sisters are denied refuge in this country simply on the basis of their religion and nationality.’