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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
Two of three Franklin County commissioners vote not to accept refugees
Chairman Terry Brann and Commissioner Clyde Barker say local residents are the priority.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
Portland pays out $141,000 to groups that helped asylum seekers
City officials announce that they are distributing the donations to 11 groups who helped the city accommodate nearly 450 asylum seekers last summer.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2020
Supreme Court allows Trump policy to deny green cards to immigrants who use public assistance
Lawsuits over the rule will continue, but immigrants applying for permanent residency must now show they wouldn't be public charges, or burdens to the country.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Acting director: ICE is here to uphold the law, protect the community
Baseless rhetoric, like the kind expressed at recent protests in Portland, overlooks the agency's contributions to national security and public safety.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2020
Federal judge blocks Trump order allowing states, cities to reject refugee resettlement
Three national refugee resettlement agencies argued the order illegally conflicts with the 1980 Refugee Act.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2020
New book brings more attention to Lewiston’s Somali community
Cynthia Anderson's "Home Now" offers a portrait of a city coping with an influx of immigrants and discovering in the process a path to a brighter future.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2019
To overcome Trump’s travel ban, some Americans are taking it to court
The third version took effect in December 2017, keeping citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and North Korea, and government representatives from Venezuela, from traveling or immigrating to the United States.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2019
U.S. awards immigration detention contracts in California
A law taking effect Jan. 1 bans contracts for for-profit prisons, but ICE said the contracts are not subject to the new state law.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2019
Influx of asylum seekers fills Portland’s overflow shelters
Nearly 170 people, most from sub-Saharan Africa, have arrived in Portland in the past three weeks and city officials say they've run out of space to shelter them.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2019
Tom Waddell: There’s no ‘national suicide’
What's important is that citizens follow the Constitution, not where they or their ancestors came from.
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