Portland, ME is more radical than Portland, OR!

“This small city of 68,311 has big problems. Since January, 930 asylum seekers have arrived in Portland, 80 more each week, most in dire need of housing assistance. This steady influx has forced officials to place them in 12 local hotels, school gymnasiums, and now for a second time, in Portland’s large Exposition Center. Costs have skyrocketed such that the city’s social services budget has increased $43-Million over last year, with the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency picking up part of the tab. Making matters worse, local officials are warning that $43-Million is not enough and are now suggesting a whopping 15% increase in local property taxes to pay the bills.”

The full article is worthy of a read. And I recommend forwarding this e-mail to all your like-minded friends, family members, and co-workers to spread the word.

If you’re wondering why so many border-crashers are making the 2,300-mile journey from the wide-open Texas border to Maine, consider this:

“Despite the distance and chilly climate, Portland’s toasty-warm, sanctuary city-style hospitality, liberal benefits, and disregard for lawful status more than compensates. Portland, Maine, codified its status as a sanctuary city under a 2017 ordinance prohibiting local officials from honoring ICE detainers. Consequently, word-of-mouth is out on this once-quintessential New England town as a preferred migrant hub.”

Here’s the part that angers me the most: the state and federal Chambers of Commerce are cheerleading for open-borders anarchy because it creates a pool of cheap, subsidized labor!

Sen. Susan Collins wants to help, of course:

“Her proposed bill would grant instant employment eligibility for migrants, never mind that doing so will provide even more incentive for people to fraudulently claim asylum in pursuit of work permits. And that new labor pool the Chamber longs for will, in fact, be publicly subsidized workers whose housing, health, and educational costs more than offset any tax contributions.”

This is the uni-Party at work!

Make no mistake: way too many Republican politicians in Augusta and in Washington would rather be well-thought-of by the cheap-labor lobby than by their constituents who are being forced to provide food, housing, healthcare, and education to thousands of non-citizens who have no right to be here.

I can’t speak for Portland, Oregon — but neither Portland, Maine, nor the rest of our once great state have the resources to support this flood of illegals.

There’s no excuse for the shameless virtue-signaling by GOP legislators. They don’t seem to understand that no amount of pandering and bum-kissing will admit them to the good graces of the Leftist radicals who created this crisis.

The chaos is intentional.

Stay tuned.

Best Regards,

Hon. Lawrence Lockman
Maine House of Representatives, 2012-2020
Co-founder & President
Maine First Project

P.S.
Maine First Project’s friends at the Federation for American Immigration Reform have exposed efforts by weak-kneed Republicans and their friends in the Chamber of Commerce to turn Portland, Maine into Portland, Oregon.

It’s a race between the two cities as to which can be the best Harboring Haven for illegal aliens. Country Club Republicans let it happen because they want the cheap labor — while open-borders Democrats want the votes.

Take a few minutes to read the enlightening expose by simply clicking here. And then forward this e-mail to all your like-minded friends, family members, and co-workers to spread the word.