Towns and organizations are making sure that Portland doesn’t have to bear the burden on its own.
asylum seekers
Portland tackles permanent housing, education for asylum-seekers
Five families have moved to Brunswick Landing.
How to use donations for asylum seekers? It’s an $800,000 question
City of Portland staff recommends using some of the money to help pay for costs of running the temporary emergency shelter at the Expo, but immigrant advocates say that would be contrary to the intent of donors.
‘We are all Mainers here’: Portland rally celebrates city’s latest wave of immigrants
People of old and new immigrant backgrounds gather outside the Portland Expo to express support for newly arrived asylum seekers.
Brunswick considers housing options for asylum seekers coming from Portland
About a dozen of the 30 to 40 migrants the town is expecting moved into the Captain’s Way development at Brunswick Landing on Friday.
Cape Elizabeth contributes $10K to aid asylum-seekers in Portland
Councilor Penelope Jordan: “What the asylum-seekers have done … is raise awareness (about what Portland) does every single day.”
Yarmouth, Freeport weigh response to wave of asylum-seekers
Discussions, but no decisions about how the towns could offer assistance.
The Maine Millennial: Fighting for survival should not be a crime
Who is really to blame when a migrant father dies alongside the child he was trying to save?
Bill Nemitz: Portland celebrates Fourth with music, fireworks and open arms
But in Washington, D.C., the observance diverged into two gatherings separated by an ever-widening chasm.
The View From Here: Immigration stories belie nativist rhetoric
People moving around the globe are not being sent by shadowy figures who are up to mischief.