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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
Asylum seekers travel to Portland in droves, overwhelming city services
The city stands apart for the help offered to those fleeing persecution, but migrants' numbers have deluged shelters and attorney caseloads.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
From Angola to Portland, a migrant family’s treacherous journey to freedom
Fleeing violence back home, a father shepherds his family through a 13,100-mile trek into jungles and raging waters, bound for refuge in Maine.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
Trump won’t commit to signing bill to avoid government shutdown
A White House spokesperson says the president wants money for a border wall, but even Republicans say they aren't sure what he wants.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Migrant child’s death highlights communications problems at border
The 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died in U.S. custody; it's not clear how much her father understood of the form he signed stating she was in good health.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Chorus of female immigrants from Portland area to sing at U.N.
Pihcintu will mark the adoption of the Global Compact of Refugees with a performance Monday in New York.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Springsteen calls Trump ‘deeply damaged to his core’
The rock icon assails the president for what he sees as attempts to turn Americans against each other.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2018
Tensions run high as migrants continue to camp in Mexico
The migrants urgently explore their options amid a growing feeling that they have little hope of making successful asylum bids in the United States or of crossing the border illegally.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2018
Border clashes leave migrants dejected, worried
Migrants hoping to apply for asylum in the United States must put their names on a waiting list that already has some 3,000 people on it, and U.S. officials process fewer than 100 of them a day.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2018
Westbrook sewing school helps immigrants seamlessly enter workforce
School founder Dory Waxman is creating opportunities for newcomers to Maine while rebuilding a vital industry.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2018
Judge frees Somali immigrant from Portland who was held without a hearing
Abdigani Faisal Hussein, 45, a tractor-trailer driver, had been detained for nine months in a N.H. jail.
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