A nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.
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Posted inNation & World
Trump administration won’t accept new DACA applications
The president reiterates that he will announce sweeping new steps on immigration.
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Posted inNation & World
Despite judge’s order, migrant kids remain in ICE custody
A deadline was set for this week by a judge who had described family detention centers as ‘on fire’ due to the threat of the coronavirus.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Despite Supreme Court ruling, Trump administration rejects new DACA applications
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants protection from deportation to so-called Dreamers brought to the United States as children.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Trump administration backs off plan to send foreign students home if schools go online
Bowdoin College was among many schools whose international students would have had to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ICE order takes aim at higher education
Once again, the president chooses denial over working to help mitigate COVID’s impact.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Judge abruptly reverses order to have fact-finder investigate South Florida ICE jails
MIAMI — Just hours after appointing an independent fact-finder to investigate possible “inhumane conditions, deliberate indifference and cruel and unusual punishment” at three South Florida immigration detention centers, a Miami federal judge abruptly reversed her order Monday without explanation. In an eight-page scathing order filed earlier in the day, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. […]
Posted inLocal & State, News
Groups call on Mills to meet with them, take bolder action on COVID-19 racial disparity
Recent data shows that Maine has the worst racial disparity for Black residents in the nation for COVID-19 cases, as infection rates rise among minority communities in Cumberland and Androscoggin counties.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Dreamers’ need more than high court’s reprieve
Immigrants who grew up in America and know no other home deserve permanent status and a path to citizenship.
Posted inNation & World
Trump says he’ll try again to end DACA protections for Dreamers
Through executive action, the president could still take away the ability of 650,000 young immigrants to live and work legally in the U.S.