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.

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.

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.

Portland asks Mills to house asylum seekers at college campus in Unity or call in National Guard

The letter to the governor, spurred by a proposal from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, comes as the city is preparing to close a shelter for asylum seekers at the Portland Expo on Aug. 16.

Asylum seekers protest conditions at Portland Expo, lack of long-term plan

City officials met with the protesters, who say they have been served expired food and worry about where they will go when the Expo closes in mid-August.

South Portland asylum seekers get reprieve on hotel evictions

At least 60 asylum-seeking families were facing eviction from the Howard Johnson until a court granted them the right to stay through July.

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.

Our View: With the right support, Maine can move beyond asylum seeker ‘inflection point’

Record numbers of people are seeking to resettle in Maine. If we can take necessary, lasting action, it does not have to culminate in crisis.

View from Away: One answer to the migration crisis? Jobs

Federal asylum rule change could affect flow of new immigrants into Maine