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Title: Portland shelters at capacity as new asylum-seekers arrive in city
Post by: rangerrebew on December 15, 2019, 02:10:28 pm
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)

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Title: Re: Portland shelters at capacity as new asylum-seekers arrive in city
Post by: Wingnut on December 15, 2019, 02:32:50 pm
"Baby it's cold outside"
Title: Re: Portland shelters at capacity as new asylum-seekers arrive in city
Post by: Fishrrman on December 15, 2019, 11:02:17 pm
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...
Title: Re: Portland shelters at capacity as new asylum-seekers arrive in city
Post by: DB on December 15, 2019, 11:06:28 pm
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.
Title: Re: Portland shelters at capacity as new asylum-seekers arrive in city
Post by: dfwgator on December 15, 2019, 11:08:47 pm
"If you build it, they will come."