refugees

Published
January 24, 2023

Our View: Welcome Corps a welcome development

The new State Department program should help us to maximize our most precious resource: goodwill.
Published
January 23, 2023

Immigrant advocates in Maine praise new refugee resettlement program

The Welcome Corps will enlist private citizens to help resettle refugees but some wonder how it will interact with agencies that have been doing the work for decades.
Published
January 19, 2023

New program will let private citizens sponsor refugees in U.S.

Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program launched Thursday by the State Department.
Published
January 5, 2023

Another View: Time is running out for Afghan evacuees

Lawmakers couldn’t find room in the latest spending bill to give thousands of U.S. allies the chance at a green card. The new Congress should fix that mistake swiftly.
Published
January 5, 2023

Maine Voices: As the West shrugs, the world’s first Christians are being starved, ethnically cleansed

The U.S. and the EU must take a stronger stance on Azerbaijan’s brutal blockade of 120,000 civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh, or else the second Armenian Genocide is on our doorstep.
Published
December 30, 2022

Afghan refugees in U.S. face uncertainty as legislation stalls

Refugees now face an August deadline for action from Congress before their temporary parole status expires.
Published
November 1, 2022

Portland scrambling to find housing for pregnant asylum seekers

With the federal Emergency Rental Assistance program coming to an end, city officials and nonprofits are especially worried about finding housing for at least two dozen pregnant asylum seekers.
Published
October 25, 2022

Through My Lens: Connect immigrants to northern Maine and solve problems
Published
September 25, 2022

Three who narrowly escaped Kabul rebuild their lives in Maine

They are among more than 260 Afghans who have settled in the state since U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Published
September 18, 2022

New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees

Experts say the private sponsorship model could transform the way America resettles refugees and ensure a door remains open no matter who is elected.