After the Taliban stormed Kabul two years ago, two pilots lost their homes and came to the U.S. Now, they hope to fly in Maine.
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Posted inLocal & State
Maine delegation gets backing of U.S. Chamber in push to speed work permits for asylum seekers
Both Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, and Republican Sen. Susan Collins have introduced similar bills in their respective chambers to shorten wait periods for asylum seekers who want to work.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
From Afghanistan to Maine: How Nazifa Haidari and 2 of her children came to Lewiston
One asylum seeker from Afghanistan shares her family’s story and her continuing efforts to reunite with her husband and children left during the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Posted inLocal & State
Portland is bringing back home-share program for asylum seekers
Hosts in Portland will be eligible for payment but are being asked to commit to a longer time frame than in 2019, when a voluntary program was used to house people leaving the Portland Expo.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland schools embracing multilingual education
A third of the district’s roughly 6,500 students are multilingual, many with limited English. Preparing educators to confront that shift could benefit everyone.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Money emerges as key obstacle to housing asylum seekers at Unity campus
Unity Environmental University remains open to a proposal to house as many as 600 asylum seekers on its Unity campus, but no funding source has so far been identified for the approximately $10 million that would be needed.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Don’t tell me we can’t effectively tackle the housing crisis
The contrast between ‘high-end’ development and city encampments seems as stark to me as that between the present day and the Second World War.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Beware ‘the Maine stare’ and what it implies
For whom is the welcome mat rolled out? It’s time Mainers got real about the answer.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry, Southern Maine Weeklies
Howard Johnson hotel to be run as shelter by state
The state is to fund a transitional housing shelter at the Howard Johnson hotel in South Portland operated by MaineHousing. The state will fund Catholic Charities to provide social services and reimburse general assistance costs up to $65,000, and pay $135,000 if needed to reimburse the city for ambulance costs and to hire a temporary health specialist.
Posted inLocal & State, News
In Unity, idea to house asylum seekers in dorms divides a town
Some say absorbing up to 600 new arrivals would be untenable, even though the community has welcomed as many college students for decades.