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.
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‘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.
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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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
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.”
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Yarmouth, Freeport weigh response to wave of asylum-seekers
Discussions, but no decisions about how the towns could offer assistance.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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?
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland enrolls asylum-seeking students in summer school
The district could add 77 students who are part of the recent wave of migrants from Africa as it explores how to handle the influx of English language learners for the coming school year.
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Asylum seekers welcomed to Maine with a ‘beautiful and wonderful’ July Fourth picnic
Despite a political divide over immigration nationally, large numbers of volunteers donate food, services or time to welcome 150-plus recently arrived asylum seekers sheltering in Portland.