The Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States.
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Posted inNation / World, New England
US border patrol agent fatally shot in Vermont, authorities say
The FBI says a suspect in the shooting was killed and a second suspect was injured and taken into custody.
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Posted inFranklin, Maine, News
A lightly traveled border outpost in Franklin County is getting a $95 million upgrade
Built in 1932, the station at Coburn Gore is 1 of 5 in Maine in line for overhauls with federal infrastructure funds. But the reasons for this crossing’s outsized expense aren’t entirely clear.
Posted inNation / World, News
Border Patrol must care for migrant children waiting in camps, judge says
Advocates say the U.S. government has a responsibility for the children and that Border Patrol often directs migrants to the camps, sometimes even driving them there.
Posted inNation / World, New England
New Hampshire sharply increasing patrols along Canadian border
Gov. Chris Sununu plans to use $1.4 million in state funding to create the Northern Border Alliance Task Force.
Posted inNation / World
Families crossing U.S. border illegally reached all-time high in August
At least 91,000 migrants crossing in a family group were arrested in August, an influx that may return immigration to the spotlight for the 2024 election.
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OHCHS, OHTS students learn about border etiquette, security
For federal border patrol agents, the outdoors is their office.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Agents added to U.S. northern border as illegal crossings increase
The team, which started on Monday, will help to deter and disrupt human smuggling activities in the sector that includes Maine.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News
Mexican man in federal court after arrest near East Dixfield
The defendant was charged with illegally reentering the country after he’d been deported.
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Border Patrol has a ‘shadow police unit’ that protects agents when they kill, groups say
These “shadow police units” have been operating since at least 1987 and without any actual authority under federal law, according to a letter sent to Congress calling for an investigation.