Portland - Over 50 faith, business, immigrant and advocacy organizations sent letters calling on Maine’s top elected officials to reject the American SAFE Act of 2015, a bill that seeks to block U.S.
AUGUSTA - The ACLU calls upon all policy makers, at the federal and state levels, to affirm the need to welcome Syrian refugees who are fleeing the brutality of ISIS.
AUGUSTA – Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren ruled today that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services overstepped its authority and acted illegally in its efforts to force municipalities to deny General Assistance to non-U.S. citizens who are lawfully in the country.
AUGUSTA – Immigrants, business and faith leaders, and advocates held a press conference
Portland – Two women fleeing violence and persecution in their home country today asked to join a lawsuit challenging a Department of Health and Human Services rule change that would deny general assistance to asylum seekers and other immigrants in Maine lawfully.
PORTLAND – Immigrants, advocates, faith leaders, and the mayors of Portland and Westbrook gathered for a press conference Saturday to call on the state to reject the governor’s proposal to deny General Assistance (GA) to asylum s