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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden administration to halt controversial ‘Remain in Mexico’ program
“Remain in Mexico,” formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols Policy, or MPP, forced back more than 60,000 asylum-seekers during the Trump administration.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Supreme Court certifies ruling ending Trump’s ‘wait in Mexico’ border policy
Administration officials have said little about the ruling, including whether any of the thousands subject to the policy since December will be allowed to enter and remain in the United States while their cases are being considered in immigration court.
Posted inNation & World, News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state to grab migrants, release them at bridges
Legal scholars have called the approach legally dubious and say it will almost certainly invite lawsuits.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Welcoming new Mainers will address our labor shortage
Stalled U.S. immigration policy is limiting Maine businesses’ ability hire the workers they need to grow.
Posted inNation & World, News
51 migrants die in trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat
The death toll was the highest ever from a smuggling attempt in the United States.
Posted inNation & World
Biden, leaders reach migration pact despite attendance flap
‘The Los Angeles Declaration’ is being billed as a roadmap for countries in the Americas to host large numbers of migrants and refugees.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Federal immigration failures create local crisis in Maine
Gridlock in Washington has exacerbated suffering for people who are only trying to survive.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Great replacement’ lie runs deep in Republican politics
Party leaders tolerate radical anti-immigrant ideology, even as it motivates racist massacres like last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Supreme Court could free Biden to end Trump asylum border policy
The heart of the fight is whether, with far less detention capacity than needed, immigration authorities must send people to Mexico or have the discretion to release asylum-seekers into the United States while they await their hearings.