Airport officials say six people were aboard, and all were presumed dead, after a private business jet crashed in a snowstorm at Maine’s Bangor International Airport.
Immigration arrests and deportations have shot up in New England, with the participation of federal, regional and local institutions.
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Phil Scott condemns federal immigration tactics after agents fatally shoot 2nd person in MinneapolisIn a dramatic shift of tone, Vermont's Republican governor said in a statement Sunday, “It’s not acceptable for American citizens to be killed by federal agents for exercising their God-given and constitutional rights to protest their government.”
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The Trump administration is continuing to attack New England’s liberal arts colleges, including those in western Massachusetts. Among the criticisms — they are too “woke" and tuition is too high. Reporter Diti Kohli from The Boston Globe recently asked ten school presidents to defend themselves.
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Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., accuses the federal government of a "cover-up," and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., warns White House against attempts to "shut down an investigation."
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The snow has begun in New England and many Western Mass communities have parking bans in effect and have cancelled school Monday.
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In Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, a crowd of about 1,000 people turned out on a bone-chilling Saturday afternoon with a message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement: get out of Minnesota and get out of Maine. Only half of them could fit inside the Agora Grand Event Center. The others stood outside in the freezing cold.
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As Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to ramp up operations in cities and towns throughout the state, a group of Maine lawyers led a protest through Portland's Bayside neighborhood Friday afternoon.
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The town council sent a letter to the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Gov. Ayotte and others Friday outlining why they believe a potential ICE facility would negatively affect the town.
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Maine's two U.S. House members — both Democrats — were on opposite sides of $64 billion Department of Homeland Security bill. And while Republican Sen. Susan Collins supports the DHS funding bill, independent Sen. Angus King is calling for cuts to ICE.
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