City staff recommends using some of the money to help pay for costs of running the temporary emergency shelter at the Expo, but immigrant advocates warn that such a use 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.
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Cape Elizabeth contributes $10,000 to aid asylum-seekers in Portland
Councilors said they also hope to revisit discussions of Cape Elizabeth’s long-term commitment to social services.
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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?
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Greg Kesich: Immigration stories belie nativist rhetoric
People moving around the globe are not being sent by shadowy figures who are up to mischief.
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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.
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Maine Voices: ‘Comprehensive immigration reform’ won’t resolve migrant crisis
The best way to deal with the surge is to require asylum seekers to apply from home or a third country, not at the border.
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Soccer matches welcome asylum seekers in Portland
Congolese community leaders team up with players from Angola, Rwanda and other African countries to welcome the latest arrivals with an afternoon of soccer in Bayside.