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  August 11, 2023
  

  Our View: Bus searches by border agents violate rights of Mainers

  Old Town-based Cyr Bus Lines needs to join Greyhound and Concord Coach in taking a stand against questioning without warrants.

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  August 2, 2023

  Maine ACLU says bus line allowed border officials to search buses without warrants

  The civil rights organization is asking Cyr Bus Lines to stop letting Customs and Border Patrol agents onto its buses in Houlton after 2 Presque Isle residents were handcuffed and removed from a bus for not answering questions about their citizenship status.

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  July 8, 2023
  

  Texas prepares to deploy Rio Grande buoys in governor’s latest effort to curb border crossings

  Once installed, a new floating barrier will cover 1,000 feet of the middle of the river.

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  May 29, 2023

  Motorist arrested after approaching Canadian border with bomb sign, police say

  A chase on I-95 in Houlton ended when a trooper fired shots at the truck as it headed for the Canadian port of entry; the man surrendered without injury.

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  May 16, 2023

  Police use ‘flash-bang distraction device’ in search of Fairfield home

  Several people called 911 on Monday evening after being startled by the sound of the device that was used by police on Elm Street.

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  May 12, 2023
  

  Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how U.S. immigration policy is changing.

  The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years.

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  March 22, 2023

  Authorities arrest 17 undocumented migrant workers in Lisbon

  The arrests occurred at around 8 p.m. Tuesday at a house at 93 Main St. in the village of Lisbon Falls, according to local police.

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  March 20, 2023
  

  Two arrested in Skowhegan traffic stop that nets 200 unlicensed marijuana plants in trailer

  Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.