We urge Collins to reject Kavanaugh’s nomination. If Mainers are concerned about their immigrant neighbors and the future of women’s rights, they should continue calling, emailing and visiting Collins’ offices, and if need be, hold her accountable in 2020. Read More
The Trump administration on Thursday moved to abandon a longstanding court settlement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept locked up, proposing new regulations that would allow the government to detain families until their immigration cases are decided. Read More
The U.S. government already is facing heavy criticism over its slow pace in reuniting more than 2,600 children who were separated from their parents last spring before the Trump administration agreed to stop the practice. Read More
In some of those cases, parents gave away rights to be reunited with their children when the non-English speaking mothers and fathers signed documents in English, according to the complaint. Read More
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, has allegedly confessed to the killing, which was quickly thrust into the immigration debate shaping the midterm elections. Read More
The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Christian Bahena-Rivera, who authorities said was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who had been living in the United States for at least four years. Read More
A top state regulator conceded in an interview that investigators did not attempt to determine whether serious allegations of past abuse at the locally run facility are true. Read More
Opinions differ on this point. But if voters approve a change of the City Charter needed to enact the measure, implementation is expected to face legal and logistical hurdles. Read More
Law enforcement officials said they hope the arrest of Brandon Ziobrowski, 33, sends the message that they will not tolerate what they described as a rise in threats against immigration officers. Read More
The focus of the operation is unusual in that it targeted business operators for arrest. Most immigration raids have targeted workers suspected of being in the country illegally. Read More
U.S. border agents arrested 9,258 “family units,” along America’s southwest border last month, down slightly from 9,434 in June and 9,485 in May. Read More
The remarks came as the Judiciary committee questioned officials about what has become an election-year liability for the Republicans and the White House — President Donald Trump's separation of migrant children from detained families. Read More
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, have agreed on the way forward on government funding for the budget year that starts Oct. 1. Read More
