Committee OKs plan for statewide office to help Maine asylum seekers
A legislative committee has approved plans for a new office to help Maine's asylum seekers statewide
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A legislative committee has approved plans for a new office to help Maine's asylum seekers statewide
The bill, approved by a legislative committee, would create a 2-person office to help immigrants better integrate into the state.
The bill would create a two-person office to help immigrants better integrate into the state and now faces votes in the House and Senate.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills and a state representative who immigrated from Somalia are looking to create a new government office that would tap recent immigrants to try to solve a workforce shortage in the state.
WESTBROOK — Joined by business owners, immigrant advocates, municipal leaders, lawmakers, and others, Gov. Janet Mills today unveiled a plan to establish an Office of New Americans within Maine state