A new multicultural center in Portland could signal a better approach to issues relevant to newcomers to America.
immigration
Posted inLocal & State, News
Report on Boston Asylum Office finds disproportionately low acceptance rates, bias against applicants
The office serving asylum seekers in and around Maine has the second lowest approval rate in the nation, according to a report by Maine immigrant advocacy groups.
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Posted inPolitics
Republican challengers say Bruce Poliquin should pay attention to Maine instead of the Texas border
Liz Caruso and Garret Swazey said politicians need to focus more on needs of everyday Mainers, less on ‘grandstanding.’
Posted inNation & World
U.S. has reunited 100 children taken from parents under Trump
President Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office to reunite families that were forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border to discourage illegal immigration.
Posted inLocal & State, News
His deportation pulled a husband and wife apart for four long years, but no longer
Sandra Scribner Merlim and her husband, Otto Morales-Caballeros, have been reunited in Maine after he spent more than four years in Guatemala. The reunion was hard fought, and they don’t want to be apart now.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston to resettle a number of Afghan refugee families
Maine Immigrant & Refugee Services will begin resettling between 50-100 Afghan refugees next week. The agency has been collecting donated items.
Posted inNation & World
New Biden rules would limit arrest, deportation of migrants
Authorities will be directed to focus on noncitizens who crossed the border after Nov. 1, 2020, or are determined to be a threat because of national security or ‘serious criminal activity.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Fight to give millions of immigrants roadmap to citizenship is far from over
No matter what the Senate parliamentarian says, the struggle for basic rights and protections will continue.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns over ‘inhumane’ treatment of Haitian migrants at U.S.-Mexico border
The veteran diplomat criticized the U.S. decision to repatriate thousands of Haitians from the U.S.-Mexico border over the past few days.
Posted inNation & World
Many Haitian migrants staying in U.S. even as expulsion flights continue
Large numbers are being processed under immigration laws and are not among those being placed on flights to Haiti that started Sunday, U.S. officials say.