{"id":1431022,"date":"2022-04-11T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431022"},"modified":"2022-04-11T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:59:48","slug":"maines-largest-city-in-dire-situation-due-to-unprecedented-volume-of-migrants-arriving-from-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maines-largest-city-in-dire-situation-due-to-unprecedented-volume-of-migrants-arriving-from-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine\u2019s Largest City In \u2018Dire Situation\u2019 Due To \u2018Unprecedented Volume\u2019 Of Migrants Arriving From Southern Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaines-largest-city-in-dire-situation-due-to-unprecedented-volume-of-migrants-arriving-from-southern-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Title-42.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Last week, Portland, Maine, announced that due to the \u201cunprecedented\u201d number of individuals arriving from the southern border, its government would have to delay submitting a budget for the fiscal year 2023 because the city can no longer financially afford to care for the influx of individuals.<\/p>\n<p>According to city leaders, the only available options to keep Maine\u2019s largest city financially stable are massive tax hikes, cutting millions in other government programs, or receiving more assistance from state and federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primary reason for this delay is due to the fact that over the last six (6) months the City has been experiencing an unprecedented volume of asylum seeker arrivals from the U.S. southern border, and record numbers of circumstantially and chronically homeless individuals seeking emergency shelter services,\u201d Interim City Manager Danielle P. West <a href=\"https:\/\/civicclerk.blob.core.windows.net\/stream\/PORTLANDME\/e232bd80-05a8-446e-ad69-aa4b1fcd6fa2.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&#038;sr=b&#038;sig=coT%2BHF6N7sV4iW8zkGmYM8LEcWHvrtGrR4Pc6I%2F6Xfc%3D&#038;st=2022-04-08T22%3A43%3A35Z&#038;se=2023-04-08T22%3A48%3A35Z&#038;sp=r&#038;rscc=no-cache&#038;rsct=application%2Fpdf\">said in a letter<\/a> addressed to Mayor Kate Snyder (D) and other government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Portland is not alone in struggling to handle the increase of asylum seekers and other individuals. Under President Joe Biden, \u201ccrossings hit more than 1.5 million in fiscal year 2021 and are approaching 1 million already in fiscal year 2022,\u201d CBS Austin in Texas recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/gov-greg-abbott-says-texas-will-send-migrants-to-washington-dc-on-charter-buses\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spectrum News also <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/me\/maine\/news\/2022\/03\/21\/time-running-out-for-asylum-seekers-in-portland\">recently<\/a> reported that of the \u201c1,200 people in greater Portland with no fixed address\u201d more than \u201c700 are from other countries, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola or Haiti, seeking asylum in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that extent, West emphasized that the city will no longer be able to continue caring for such individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are proud to be a welcoming city, take our General Assistance (GA) obligation seriously, and understand the value and benefits of having new residents in Maine, we are in a dire situation,\u201d West\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumlocalnews.com\/me\/maine\/news\/2022\/03\/21\/time-running-out-for-asylum-seekers-in-portland\"> letter to Portland\u2019s mayor continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur staff is stretched extremely thin and cannot adequately provide the required resources to the hundreds of new arrivals, our shelters are beyond their capacity, and it is increasingly harder to find enough hotels to provide overflow accommodations,\u201d West stressed.<\/p>\n<p>West also stated that the city expected to spend more than $44 million over the next fiscal year on asylum housing alone, which is at least double the entire budget for the city\u2019s Health and Human Services program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, this figure does not account for future arrivals and the City has been seeing nearly 100 individuals arriving per week so the cost could continue to rise significantly in the coming months,\u201d West added.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Federal Emergency Management Administration covers 30% of the city\u2019s budget, but that funding will run out at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>To offset those costs, \u201ca Portland property tax rate increase of approximately 15% would be required or approximately $13M in cuts from other core City services would be necessary,\u201d West warned.<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes as Title 42 \u2014 a public health policy that allows expedited removal of asylum seekers during emergencies like COVID-19 \u2014 is set to expire on May 23.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/officials-bracing-for-18000-migrants-per-day-if-title-42-is-rescinded-republicans-slam-biden-admin-for-national-security-threats\">stated<\/a> that the federal government meant expects as many as 18,000 individuals to arrive per day at the southern border if Title 42 is rescinded.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/officials-bracing-for-18000-migrants-per-day-if-title-42-is-rescinded-republicans-slam-biden-admin-for-national-security-threats\">warned<\/a> that the situation at the southern border was a national security crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime in this country you hear of a drug overdose death, whether it be in Topeka, Kansas, or Syracuse, New York, my hometown, you have to understand that every single community is a border a community, and every single state is a border state because the poison that\u2019s coming across our borders,\u201d Congressman John Katko (R-NY) said at a press conference addressing the \u201cnational security crisis\u201d at the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s much more easy to do because of the number illegal aliens coming across is making it impossible to stop and it\u2019s killing kids all over the country,\u201d Kato added.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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