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Trump’s Travel Ban Has Serious Financial Consequences For Refugee Resettlement Agencies

March 22, 2017

Refugee resettlement agencies receive funding based on the number of people they anticipate resettling, so the uncertainty around President Trump’s travel ban has serious fiscal consequences.

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Refugee Nearly Freezes To Death Fleeing To Canada Via Upstate New York Woods

March 20, 2017

Many recent immigrants living in the U.S. are scared that their claims for asylum won’t have a fair hearing by the Trump administration. Hundreds of those people are fleeing to Canada; and for one man the journey through the frigid, snowy woods nearly killed him.

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Lawmakers, Businesses Say Worker Visa Restrictions Will Harm Maine Tourism Industry

March 17, 2017

Summer resorts around the nation are bracing for a tough season — not because the tourists won’t come, but because the workers might not. The reinstatement of a cap on visas for temporary workers has some in the hospitality industry predicting catastrophe.

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ICE Agents And The Power Of Discretion In Immigration Enforcement

March 3, 2017

Just the term “ICE” evokes emotion. Three letters emblazoned on the back of a dark jacket; nondescript white vans — they’re images synonymous with fear among immigrants in the country illegally.

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As More Asylum-Seekers Flee To Canada, Taxi Rides To The Border Raise Red Flags

March 3, 2017

As high volumes of migrants flee the United States to apply for asylum in Canada, one popular route into Quebec is just west of Lake Champlain. To get to the snowy illegal crossing, many are calling a cab.

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‘A Lot of Questions, Over and Over Again’ — A Look at One Maine Refugee’s Vetting Process

March 3, 2017

The number of refugees, asylum seekers and other foreign-born people who settled in Maine last year was the largest in recent years.

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H-1B Visas: Stealing American Jobs Or A Solution To A Tech Shortage?

March 1, 2017

Shoeb Mogal, 30, got addicted to computers when he was a kid back in India.

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Trump’s Immigration Measures Could Exacerbate Boston Court Backlog

February 23, 2017

Boston’s federal immigration court has one of the largest backlogs of pending cases in the country, and President Trump’s executive orders on immigration could push the court even further behind.

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No Plans For Large-Scale Deportation Raids In New England, But Immigrants Still Live In Fear

February 17, 2017

Reports of large scale, nationwide deportation raids are stoking fear in Massachusetts immigrant communities. Immigrants — both those with legal status and those living here illegally — are questioning exactly who is vulnerable for deportation.

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Syrian Refugee Family Completes A Journey That Almost Didn’t Happen

February 14, 2017

A family of Syrian refugees landed Friday at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire, completing a journey that almost never happened.

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