immigrants
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
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.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2019
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.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2019
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.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2019
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.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2019
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.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2019
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.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2019
Immigrant children with special medical status ordered to leave U.S.
Immigrant advocates in Boston say federal authorities are unfairly ordering foreign born children granted special immigration status for medical treatment to return to their countries
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PublishedAugust 21, 2019
New Trump rule would let U.S. hold migrant children indefinitely
The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Onward and upward – from the shelter steps to Maine businessman
Maxwell Chikuta relied on General Assistance and food stamps when he first arrived in Portland from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sixteen years later, he's got a Ph.D. and just opened his second business.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2019
Migrant children separated at border were harmed, abused in foster care, families say
Taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $200 million in damages as a result of the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy.
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