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PublishedJune 6, 2023
Migrants in Sacramento receive care as California officials weigh charges against Florida
Officials are investigating whether Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis was behind a flight that picked up asylum seekers on the Texas border and flew them – apparently without their knowledge – to California’s capital.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
State extends use of Saco hotel as transitional housing for asylum seekers
In its first year, the hotel has housed 440 people at a cost of $5.1 million. The state is hoping to keep it open through the end of next year.
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PublishedMay 30, 2023
Developer seeking new site to create shelter for asylum seekers
Kevin Bunker of Developers Collaborative said that 90 Blueberry Road in Portland 'didn't work out for a number of reasons' and is no longer being considered for a 280-bed shelter.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Photo Album: New Mainers celebrate the English language
Students and their English teachers celebrate the last class of the spring semester at The Root Cellar.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
Portland schools struggle to enroll students amid influx of asylum seekers
The city school district has enrolled over 800 students whose primary language is not English this school year – about twice the rate of the previous year.
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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Federal asylum rule change could affect flow of new immigrants into Maine
Title 42 ended last week, but the Biden administration has implemented a new rule that advocates say will continue to restrict people seeking asylum.
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PublishedMay 15, 2023
Hundreds of asylum-seekers apply for Brunswick housing
A 60-unit affordable housing development at Brunswick Landing for asylum-seekers is nearing completion.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
U.S. sees highest-ever migration influx as pandemic border policy ends
The Title 42 border restrictions used during the pandemic to quickly expel migrants who were in the U.S. illegally expired Thursday evening.
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PublishedMay 12, 2023
Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how U.S. immigration policy is changing.
The changes come with the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for the past three years.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends
Democrats, who have a narrow hold on the Senate, have decried the aggressive measures in the bill as cruel and anti-immigrant, and Biden has already promised he would veto it.
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