READ IT ONLINE WITH LIVE LINKS AND MORE PICTURES Celebrating Gratitude, Family & Culture It’s been a difficult moment to focus on thankfulness, with so many people are being torn from their families by detention or deportation and with basic services cut or threatened among the most vulnerable. But in these trying times, we want […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19th, 2025 Contact: Ruben Torres, Advocacy and Policy Manager rtorres@maineimmigrantrights.org Statement from the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition on DHS’s Proposed Public Charge Rule PORTLAND, MAINE – The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (MIRC) is deeply concerned by today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposing to rescind the current
Dear MIRC Community, Happy Monday! I apologize for my delayed advocacy updates; your author has been bouncing around time zones and even spent a few days in a new state while doing a deep dive on child care policy. Fret not, we will return to our regularly scheduled program! As I am sure some of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 18, 2025 Maine, statewide — The Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC) is honored to announce the start of a two-year project to research how to develop and grow cultural food hubs and strengthen food and land projects in Maine. Here is a video highlighting the work of project partners. The project
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para Inglés / para otros idiomas Menú de opciones Otras líneas directas de ICE Watch en Nueva Inglaterra ⬇️ Conozca sus derechos Todas las personas que residen en los EE. UU. tienen derechos—no importa su estatus de ciudadanía. Tome un momento para familiarizarse con SUS derechos personales. No se puede ejercer los derechos si uno
Dear MIRC Community, Welcome to Friday! If you want to end the Halloween party early this weekend, don’t invite country singer Brad Paisley! Typically, a baseball game goes 9 innings; however, the two World Series games that have ever gone to 18 innings have one thing in common: Brad Paisley sang the national anthem. (For the record, two
READ IT ONLINE WITH LIVE LINKS AND MORE PICTURES Maine ICE Watch Hotline Goes Live On October 23 we joined members and partner organizations in launching a statewide hotline to assist our community in monitoring federal law enforcement activity that targets people based on the way they look, how they talk, and their countries of
Dear MIRC Community, Welcome to Friday! One day, your author walked into his high school world history teacher’s room ready to learn, when little did he know he was going to learn about the Cuban Missile Crisis from someone who lived through it. And so, I bring to you a mini history lesson from Mr.
Dear MIRC Community, Welcome to Spooktober and Friday! Congratulations to Chuck for winning this year’s Fat Bear Week annual contest!! Fat Bear Week celebrates the feeding season at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Voters choose the biggest brown bear in a bracket contest as the fuzzy omnivores prepared for the winter hibernation. More than
On Citizenship Day 2025 we at MIRC recognize that naturalization is more than a status change; it is a declaration of belonging. It ensures that our communities are not just spoken about, but are the ones speaking, deciding, and shaping the future.
