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Published
July 15, 2024

New Mainer artists get boost from Mayo Street grant program

The Portland arts center recently awarded its 3rd round of $1,000 grants to people practicing traditional art forms.
Published
July 11, 2024

In Portland, multilingual driving schools help new Mainers get behind the wheel

In a rural state like Maine, not having a driver's license can make it difficult to get to a job or school, or even to the grocery store.
Published
July 1, 2024

Congolese hip-hop artist makes U.S. debut Friday in Portland

Marcel Kombo, aka Mister Trecy, will perform as part of the free African Summer Concert Series.
Published
May 25, 2024

Portland leadership program Natural Helpers welcomes new class of community leaders

Ten fellows graduated on Saturday from the city-organized initiative, launched in 2020.
Published
May 8, 2024

Biden to unveil new rule speeding deportations for safety risks

The proposal, to be unveiled Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security, would allow immigration officials to perform an initial eligibility determination at the time migrants are first screened for asylum status, according to people familiar with the plans.

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Published
May 5, 2024

Biden rebuilt refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year?

If President Biden meets his target of 125,000 refugees admitted this year, it would be the highest number of arrivals in more than three decades.
Published
April 12, 2024

How immigrant workers in Maine, U.S. have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession

At the Flood Brothers farm in Maine’s 'dairy capital' of Clinton, foreign-born workers make up half the staff of nearly 50, feeding the cows, tending crops and helping collect the milk.
Published
March 29, 2024

After a long wait, Portland man welcomes his family following their escape from Sudan

El-Fadel Arbab has lived an ocean away from his wife since they wed a decade ago. This week, she and the couple's 2 sons arrived in Portland.
Published
March 17, 2024

Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’

The presumptive Republican nominee’s comment at a rally Saturday in Ohio represents an escalation of his long-harsh language about migrants.
Published
March 11, 2024

Tyson is hiring immigrants in New York for jobs no one else wants

Tyson is joining the nonprofit Tent Partnership for Refugees with a plan to hire some of the 181,400 migrants that have come through New York City’s intake system over the last 2 years.