Agents working on the Maine-Canada border are being sent to states in the Southwest to address the migrant influx there.
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Posted inNation / World
Trump’s unfinished border wall faces uncertain future after Biden pledge to freeze construction
Trump’s project has added just a few miles of new fencing where none previously existed. The effort largely has consisted of replacing small, older vehicle barriers with towering steel bars.
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Posted inFranklin, News
Rangeley Border Patrol arrests violent sex offender, reunites missing woman with family
Responding to a tip by an off-duty warden, Border Patrol agents tracked two subjects and found that one was a missing person and the other a fugitive from Virginia.
Posted inNation / World
Study finds no increase in crime in ‘sanctuary’ cities, despite Trump claims
The data show that the policies were effective at limiting deportations of nonviolent offenders but did not result in higher crime rates in those cities.
Posted inNation / World
Democrats to investigate whistleblower claims that detainees were given forced hysterectomies
A nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.
Posted inNation / World
Border officials spent humanitarian funds on dirt bikes, dogs and enforcement, report finds
The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office did not indicate how much money was misused, but it said the expenditures were a violation of the law.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Concord Coach Lines will stop allowing warrant-less immigration checks
The bus line announced the change in policy Friday, citing an internal Border Patrol memo showing that agents may not board private buses without company consent.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World
Customs agency memo contradicts Greyhound on bus raids
The document confirms that companies do not have to allow Border Patrol agents on buses to conduct routine checks for illegal immigrants, an issue in Maine and elsewhere.
Posted inMaine, News
Charge dropped in Bangor case that led to claim of racial profiling
An advocacy group complains that the Border Patrol’s suspicions about a family were aroused because they appeared to be of ‘Central-American origin’ and spoke Spanish while shopping at a store in Maine
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Eight from Mexico arrested in human smuggling effort in Aroostook County
Police pulled over a vehicle containing 7 undocumented immigrants who illegally crossed the border into Maine last week, and an eighth man who was paid to drive them to New York, authorities say.