Islamic leaders around the country are spreading the word ahead of Ramadan that it’s OK to be vaccinated for the coronavirus during fasting for the most sacred month of the year for Muslims.
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Posted inNation / World, Politics
Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.
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Posted inNation / World, Politics
Poll finds more Americans disapprove of how Biden is handling immigration
More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
U.S. Border Patrol agents being reassigned from Maine to Mexican border
Agents working on the Maine-Canada border are being sent to states in the Southwest to address the migrant influx there.
Posted inNation / World
Migrants freed without court notice – and sometimes no paperwork
The Border Patrol began the unusual practice last week in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, which has seen the biggest increase in families and unaccompanied minors crossing from Mexico.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Proposed ballot initiative to block non-citizens from voting falls short
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office says the initiative, inspired by debate in Portland about allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections, did not have enough valid signatures.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
There’s no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border. Here’s the data.
Evidence shows that we’re seeing the usual seasonal bump – plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge
Immigration has emerged as one of the administration’s most urgent challenges — seized on by Republicans as a political cudgel, posing risks to Democrats in the 2022 midterms and potentially undermining Biden’s governing agenda.
Posted inNation / World
Small Texas border town is route to U.S. for migrant children
Roma, a town of 10,000 people with historic buildings and boarded-up storefronts in the Rio Grande Valley, is the latest epicenter of illegal crossings.
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Biden pledges 200 million doses in his 1st 100 days, doubling initial goal
The president left the door open to pushing for fundamental changes in Senate procedures to muscle through key elements of his agenda.