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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on December 15, 2019, 02:10:28 pm
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Portland shelters at capacity as new asylum-seekers arrive in city
Updated: 6:21 PM EST Dec 13, 2019
Talia Clarke Reporter
PORTLAND, Maine —As more asylum-seekers continue to arrive in Portland, city officials said its shelters are full.
City officials said about 170 asylum-seekers have arrived in Portland since last month.
Unlike the summer where the Expo was set up as an emergency shelter to house hundreds of asylum-seekers around the clock, there is no 24/7 facility available.
https://www.wmtw.com/article/portland-maine-shelters-at-capacity-as-new-asylum-seekers-arrive-in-city/30224785 (https://www.wmtw.com/article/portland-maine-shelters-at-capacity-as-new-asylum-seekers-arrive-in-city/30224785)
Fixed the url - PeteS in CA
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"Baby it's cold outside"
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The wisest response the government of Maine could do, would be to buy each and every one of them a plane ticket to San Francisco, along with a cash handout of $200 to spend when they get there...
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The wisest response the government of Maine could do, would be to buy each and every one of them a plane ticket to San Francisco, along with a cash handout of $200 to spend when they get there...
All that would do is make Portland the preferred hub for travel to San Francisco.
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"If you build it, they will come."