How Portland, Maine Welcomed African Asylum Seekers With Open Arms | NowThis
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4 жыл бұрынIn June 2019, hundreds of African migrants arrived in Portland, Maine from the U.S.-Mexico border - here's how the city welcomed them with open arms.
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In US news and current events today, Portland Maine is leading the way on dealing with the migrant crisis and setting an example for all of the United States. When it comes to African asylum seekers, Portland, Maine is opening its doors. As the President Trump administration seeks to decrease the number of asylum seekers admitted into the United States, Portland has become a safe haven for many African migrants.
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@anotherusername6668 3 жыл бұрын
“What brought me here to the state of Maine is the diversity “ Maine is 97% white
@unseenotto 3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@sebastiansebastian7377 3 жыл бұрын
Was he taking about Portland cause Portland is way more diverse than the rest of Maine
@sebastiansebastian7377 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah no he was
@unseenotto 3 жыл бұрын
@@sebastiansebastian7377 😂😂idk dude weird he never been inside Maine
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
benefits shoppers and libtards who think everyone should pay for people who wont fight for their country
@butch420cassidy4 2 жыл бұрын
Some of these immigrants are already having kids here despite not having homes or jobs.. what could possibly go wrong
@90sEnthusiast Жыл бұрын
Well you see, a single person gets $230 a month from the state while a family of four gets $611 a month from the state. You don't see the business opportunities yet.
@johnnyredux4019 11 ай бұрын
They will live off welfare and loot.
@aethulwulfvonstopphen8013 2 жыл бұрын
They had so many safe countries in Africa let alone South America they could have stayed in, but they go all the way to Maine. International asylum laws say they must stop in the FIRST safe country they arrive in.
@90sEnthusiast Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool how they can pick and choose whichever state they want too. Some are supposed to go to Canada, but they like it here instead.
@nathanielh786 Жыл бұрын
RIP Maine
@allantulli5546 2 жыл бұрын
Maine today, it'll look like Detroit tomorrow.
@NurseSnow2U 4 ай бұрын
As someone that was concurrently gratefully AND remorsefully born and raised in Detroit….you’re 100% right 🤣🤣🤣
@NOBODY26749 2 жыл бұрын
AND THEY ALREADY REGRET IT . THE PEOPLE DIDNT ASK FOR THIS. THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED THIS
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
notice they came when Mills took office? showing up here from Central America in the winter when we need to be taking care of our own homeless? So called refugees beat a white child in Portland last year and the charges of a hate crime and child abuse were dropped.
@murph55 4 жыл бұрын
i wish maine would spend more of it's resources on the homeless and poor people who have lived in maine all of their lives
@K42023 4 жыл бұрын
Mrs Hudson , and help vets
@___X___ 3 жыл бұрын
so true
@farihoyuguru2224 3 жыл бұрын
They can help everybody
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
I agree totally. About 30 people died of homelessness last year while we welcomed benefits shoppers.
@pelleort2761 Жыл бұрын
Don't worry, these immigrants will be ones hiring them eventually if they want to work. There is one in New York whom obtained a loan from us (the bank I work for). She had 5 hair salons in 6 years. She, now lives in the northern suburbs of New Jersey. She does a lot of charity work for OUR people.
@PhatSlicks 4 жыл бұрын
Friendly reminder that Boomers caused all this.
@ThirdEyeTyrone 4 жыл бұрын
Adam Rusmisel yup.
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
thats what an 88 year old told me yesterday
@echomoon3381 4 жыл бұрын
I don't inderstand. I moved out of Maine because I couldn't afford the cost of living there any more and I earned a really good paycheck. This vid says that there lots of jobs but they don't explain that they are low paying jobs that don't match the economy. Have the schools improved that much that they can now handle this influx of immigrants? 12yrs ago they were crying about the overload and having to supply many translators. That the state was paying for their housing, clothing and transpotation. This while Mainers were doing without. Complaining that the the population is ageing out and that young adults were moving away. But the young adults were leaving the state because of poor, low paying jobs. Lack of opportunity. So how can the political leaders justify doing this??? There is NOT the infrastructure in Maine available to support this. Maine has been bleeding industry and native Mainers for years.
@arminius1804 4 жыл бұрын
They can’t justify it. They are leftist intent on making Maine less and less white period. You cannot live in Portland on those wages plus none of them speak English. Most of them will be on the dole till their asylum claims are rejected.
@redjasper2443 4 жыл бұрын
JSJ L that’s the same thing happening in Ireland, Asylum seekers earn less, leaving the local youth jobless, we have become second class citizens in our own country.
@EazyD401 2 жыл бұрын
Ohh please Immigrants come and take the lowest paying jobs that y’all lazy kids don’t want to do but y’all have the nerve to say “their taking our jobs” have some compassion lol some of these immigrants are migrating from countries where they’re being tortured and abused for absolutely no reason at all
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
I agree. 30 Mainers died of homelessness last year while the working people of Maine paid for benefits shoppers. It is sad. The city of Lewiston's mayor was bullied into resigning because he said no more, please. It is straining our resources.
@tomstickney5500 2 жыл бұрын
@@EazyD401 then you pay for it then
@cherylofbath 4 жыл бұрын
We don't help our own people but give money and assistance to people who come here illegally. Janet Mills and her ilk have their priorities wrong; Americans elected her, not illegal aliens.
@Beehighfive 4 жыл бұрын
Cheryl, Amen
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
30 Mainer's names were in the PPH that died of homelessness.
@ericelias2185 Жыл бұрын
Maine doesn't need this
@nancymalczewski5841 11 ай бұрын
I saw this am that there are 16.2 million American children who don't have enough to eat. What are we doing about that. Oh, I know, we're giving illegals three square meals a day but not our own kids. I like the guy who wants to continue his studies. I guess that will be on the taxpayers dime as well. I want a better life too but I don't see the government giving me free anything and I worked until I was seventy. The reason being that my husband, a twelve year Navy veteran, got sick and we couldn't get any health care from the VA. This really angers me since these illegals are getting free health care and have never served this country. Tell me I shouldn't feel this way!
@bobbyharper8710 4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, Portland Maine's homeless Americans live in tents.
@Thebobbyman 4 жыл бұрын
you do realize we can take care of a lot of people right? not just 1 group also its donated items and a few millions dollars to help people get started.
@bobbyharper8710 4 жыл бұрын
@@Thebobbyman you can take care of lots of people but you don't. Instead you're grandstanding by inviting homeless foreigners into the country.
@shawnkelly3542 4 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyharper8710 those people choose to live in tents. There's plenty of shelters and programs for those that are willing to use them. Alot don't want to tho, so stop your whataboutisms.
@AZ-kr6ff 4 жыл бұрын
@@Thebobbyman Who is we? Portland? Are you a property tax payer in Portland?
@Thebobbyman 4 жыл бұрын
Bobby Harper and that’s bad because?!?
@Divabellas 4 жыл бұрын
So when all the world is here in America, what happens next?
@sueb2898 4 жыл бұрын
DEPOPULATION!
@jfdeoliveira7803 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Third World
@etoatoummhmm6391 4 жыл бұрын
Dumbest question I’ve ever heard
@etoatoummhmm6391 4 жыл бұрын
Koal Kottentail while I don’t if what your saying is true I do know the Latinos are starting businesses faster than any other ethnic group in USA and in a much younger age. My aunt and uncle both first gen immigrants have successful businesses. And the company I work for is composed primarily Hispanic and African refugees with a touch of white.
@crackedhammer4612 3 жыл бұрын
Koal Kottentail by mainly whites
@wjfjr73 4 жыл бұрын
65,000 homless U.S VETERANS
@antediluvianatheist5262 4 жыл бұрын
So why are you fighting over scraps, instead of asking who ran away with the pie?
@machadofilm 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@jzk2020 4 жыл бұрын
So? *LAZY* entitled US veterans. Get a job and you won't be homeless, problem solved.
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
So we can’t do both?
@sueb2898 4 жыл бұрын
Americans of all walks of life sleeping on the streets! / 2020
@oscarblatch3295 4 жыл бұрын
you are not welcome to get my taxes for welfare you are not from this continent
@jilligain3409 4 жыл бұрын
Oh god I couldn’t agree more
@ShidaiTaino 3 жыл бұрын
OSCAR BLATCH they’re welcome for my taxes because I’m not getting them back
@tdtd3630 3 жыл бұрын
You aren’t from this continent either White man
@oscarblatch3295 3 жыл бұрын
@@tdtd3630 you pay for them how abouthat you put them in your house give them your job
@tdtd3630 3 жыл бұрын
@@oscarblatch3295 I will rightfully so it’s people like you that make the world way worse than what it should your superiority complex is the reason why global mishaps are thrown under the rug ( global warming, trash in our oceans genocide) your people literally encouraged it and pushed it upon other people and said it was okay
@rider3859 4 жыл бұрын
And now it's a massive problem....
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
while Mainers go without and pay for these benefits shoppers. I hate to say it but they wouldn't come here and expect us to put them up if LePage was in office. They came right after Mills was elected.
@TheBikemaster94 Жыл бұрын
I heard about a few crimes happening but 95% are there to raise families and live responsibly, those small towns can really get a noticeable boost in their economy .
@fountainofproof89 4 жыл бұрын
They will regret it.
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@Fountain of Proof They already are
@ShellymanStudios 4 жыл бұрын
A lot of Portland residents that I'm hearing already regret it.
@arminius1804 4 жыл бұрын
Leftist are simply too dumb to be left to do anything.
@arminius1804 4 жыл бұрын
Oti Jeremiah How many are you personal going to take into your home and pay for? If you want them you and your leftist friends should be required to house, feed and support them. You should all be required to live in the same area with all of them and seen your kids to the same schools with all of them instead of hiding in Falmouth. Better yet, why not move to Africa if you love then so much? I hear Haiti is also lovely this time of year.
@user-bw2zt5jd9u 6 ай бұрын
@@deenamarie6987I predicted this the moment Lewiston was invaded. And I don’t feel good about this as it’s “ too late”. If you don’t have the personal experience just do your research. Once the “ honeymoon” stage ends, it’s all downhill.
@MaelPlaguecrow6942 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they totally won't regret this sooner or later. I swear, the US cares more about people outside its borders than within.
@Thebobbyman 4 жыл бұрын
wasnt aware we dont help Americans? whats all this welfare and schooling i hear about then?
@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын
If that's the case, Republicans don't care about Americans. They are constantly trying to cut School food programs, disability, Medicaid etc ( all programs that help Americans)...
@detrelllevert2457 2 жыл бұрын
@@Thebobbyman welfare goes to the women another question
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
not if those of us who care about this country and Maine step up.
@CaRrOtCaKe32200 4 жыл бұрын
I worked and my wife worked 30 plus years she got hurt on the job and we did not file disability because i still worked my health now is bad and we filed disability for my wife and were told because you waited 10 years and did not take what you did not need you are being penalized you know longer qualify. So she only gets 780 a month had we filed when she was hurt she would get 1450 all along. What is wrong with america. But we can help other people whats that cost.
@tardigrade9493 4 жыл бұрын
George and wife. I'm sorry that happened to you, my late father suffered terrible medical/financial injustices that still affects even my finances badly. I'm sorry.
@ShidaiTaino 3 жыл бұрын
JSJ L why don’t you want more government programs funded by taxes from the rich?
@diminudivadollhaus2097 11 ай бұрын
I was interviewing people and they were giving new immigrants social security disability and setting them up in brand new houses. Maddening.
@NurseSnow2U 4 ай бұрын
@@diminudivadollhaus2097this is so maddening.
@NurseSnow2U 4 ай бұрын
@@diminudivadollhaus2097we have ACTUAL American citizens with Stage 4 metastatic cancer being denied emergency SSDI - many DIE before they are approved. Especially as a nurse that works with populations that are most often looked over…this is infuriating beyond words.
@dennissutton3767 4 жыл бұрын
Clean your own backyard before offering to mow your neighbors lawn. They chose Portland because of the generous welfare system.
@johnredford1461 5 ай бұрын
Its our job as citizens and Americans to reject the people who accept this. Its not only destroying our economy but the little culture we do have.
@machadofilm 4 жыл бұрын
Why not help the existing homeless population?
@zammmerjammer 4 жыл бұрын
Why not help both?
@machadofilm 4 жыл бұрын
@@zammmerjammer Sure, but we should start with the growing homeless population already here instead of importing more
@zammmerjammer 4 жыл бұрын
@@machadofilm The homeless and asylum seekers aren't the same populations of people -- you realize that, right? Helping out refugees and immigrants is temporary and results in them very quickly and in very high percentage becoming contributing members of the community -- meaning more taxpayers to fund programs to aid the chornically homeless (who are often dealing with complex social issues like domestic violence, drug addiction, and mental illness). Failing to help refugees and immigrants get their feet under them when they arrive *does not help the homeless at all.*
@machadofilm 4 жыл бұрын
@@zammmerjammer agreed but that is not the case for all homeless and just because they arrive does not mean they can't be sent back. We also have other issues that we could address that could also help people already here become those tax contributors instead of importing others who often send money over seas instead of spending it at home
@zammmerjammer 4 жыл бұрын
@@machadofilm Do you have a point to make other than xenophobia and speculation, Danny? Immigration produces a net benefit for society, including for those who need help from society. You are perpetuating the stereotype that immigrants and refugees are perpetual drains on social services, which is not supported by facts and is often the opposite case.
@yomeroyomismo8681 3 жыл бұрын
I have seen it in Chicago. The first thing African refugees do is : Apply for food stamps, Apply for housing assistance up to 100% subsidy, Apply for Energy assistance, MedicAid. Do you think they will look for work ?
@qweenalizagreen202 4 жыл бұрын
"We need them" lol!!!
@kingdomofchristchurchkkcim1473 3 жыл бұрын
Hey talk to me
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
30 Mainers names that died of homelessness in 2021 were in PPH. How many benefits shoppers died of it?
@tomstickney5500 2 жыл бұрын
@@kingdomofchristchurchkkcim1473 WHAT
@susansmith8210 11 ай бұрын
The City of Portland told NATO representatives that these people were totally welcome here. NATO purchased housing for the asylum seekers here. There were four treaties between the Pentagon, NATO, the United Nations, the White House, the Arab League and at least two other coalitions dealing with asylum seekers and refugees. The City of Portland encouraged the establishment of Portland Maine as a refugee center. NATO purchased housing for the refugees. But the City of Portland took the property and gave it to others, denying that there is anything for the asylum seekers, and offering instead a remote relocation camp in Unity, Maine. We are looking at a genocide.
@kraftdinner4202 4 жыл бұрын
This comment section is horrible
@supershadowan 2 жыл бұрын
Yup
@dennyhounds8102 Ай бұрын
Alot of ppl in the comment section are from maine."racist".
@commonsense862 Ай бұрын
IQ matters
@lance8080 Жыл бұрын
What’s wrong with that state ????
@thedude5040 4 жыл бұрын
Yes we need to take in the white south african farmers
@hakeem5485 4 жыл бұрын
No
@markiss7620 4 жыл бұрын
why do we need to take them in?
@thedude5040 4 жыл бұрын
@@markiss7620 they are being murdered and persecuted because they are a white minority. South africa's government is is passing laws specifically allowing racism against whites and the pillage of their farms
@markiss7620 4 жыл бұрын
@@thedude5040 The "racist" laws are the governments efforts to redistribute the 70% of the nation's land that is owned by whites who represent 8% of the population... There is no law that says someone can legally kill a farmer and pillage his farm. Show me evidence that whites as a whole are in danger.
@markiss7620 4 жыл бұрын
@@thedude5040 ?
@Beehighfive 4 жыл бұрын
Too bad Ethan Strimling couldn't raise his hand and say, "let's find homes for Portland's homeless because we need to." Nope instead he says we need the immigrants. I'm sure it's because they are seen as the new democrat voting block. I do wonder though how much money he will pocket of the federal money that follows the immigrants. Certainly if there was federal money sent to Maine for the homeless that problem would be taken care of
@dreaaz5207 4 жыл бұрын
This is so sad.. And there is so American families in need.. But they sure do a lot for these people..smh
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
You know it’s really sad? The fact that we have more than enough money to do both and yet people like you are stupid and ignorant.
@EazyD401 2 жыл бұрын
Tf do you mean these people
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
they expect it. if you are waiting in line and are being helped, they say excuse me...while it is your turn. one of them wasted my time and i called him out on it. i told him he was being rude and that he needed to wait his turn.
@dcbornmike 6 ай бұрын
iwonderful. I have a lot of friends in Donna Texas on the border. I will suggest the local buses headed north to go to Portland and Lewiston Maine , where they will be welcomed with open arms
@That8One4Dude 4 жыл бұрын
Welp, was looking at videos of Portland to potentially move there ... that’s a no-go now.
@Doug-do7ge 3 жыл бұрын
You are correct, when govt chooses refugees over citizens we have serious problems
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
it literally is a communist toilet. the fore river smells like raw sewage around 11pm. if you own property your taxes pay to house, feed and educate these benefits shoppers
@jacobbricault7642 3 жыл бұрын
Man was wearing gucci pants 😂 give me a break
@mirasimmons4904 3 жыл бұрын
THERE FAKE
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
benefits shoppers
@rashidasalmon5873 Жыл бұрын
Iam pretty someone gave ot to him.
@RyFol717 4 жыл бұрын
The downfall of America
@KitsuneSama 4 жыл бұрын
This makes me really sad... this place used to be so beautiful, it will be the next Detroit in a couple of years.
@spidermonkey8430 4 жыл бұрын
diversity is our strength
@SidDaSquid14 4 жыл бұрын
You are not even white. Chill
@boobyhill6921 3 жыл бұрын
@@SidDaSquid14 lol
@dyltron5056 3 жыл бұрын
Sydney Ochieng What does that even mean?
@theicemancometh693 3 жыл бұрын
@@SidDaSquid14 I'm not white either I am a Black american born in the great state of mississippi long ago yep it will be just like Detroit in less than a couple of years more like a couple of months
@ryoukwjdbwopqmqpzl73819 3 жыл бұрын
They better do some jobs and earn the living rather than livin on for free from the mainer's taxes
@valeries3392 2 жыл бұрын
They literally said they want to work.
@975fn7w9wm 2 жыл бұрын
@@valeries3392 but they literally do not I work in lewiston they just walk around the streets
@user-bw2zt5jd9u 6 ай бұрын
@@975fn7w9wmI moved from Maine to a “ diverse” area. Only group you will see milling around outside all hours of the day. It’s the same everywhere on the planet.
@joefran619 2 жыл бұрын
This is all so touching and heart warming. We'll see how it all turns out in time.
@JuanZ223 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in Portland, Maine. These people are acclimatizing well. They work, they don't do drugs or walk around aimlessly like the native born whites do.
@pelleort2761 Жыл бұрын
@@JuanZ223 I have seen them in my state also. These immigrants normally purchase their own homes within 3 to 5 years; some do in less time. My uncle gave a job to one. He was cleaning his stores. He bought his first home within 3 yrs and had 2 multi family buildings within 10 years. He was riding a bicycle the whole time.
@judynguyen1579 Жыл бұрын
@@JuanZ223 I'm considering moving to Portland. I was born from Vietnamese asylees. I also took French in HS. I hope that I could make an impact in the community if I volunteer to teach English!
@Emmaloves103 Жыл бұрын
@@judynguyen1579it is so lovely I am from China and i love Portland Maine
@masterbaiter7537 11 ай бұрын
@@JuanZ223its actually blacks and mexicans who tend to do the drugs
@jameslopez7875 3 жыл бұрын
Amen!
@wjfjr73 4 жыл бұрын
That's what they said in mini Annapolis Minnesota
@Scopps94 4 жыл бұрын
Somalis are different from Congolese, they are Christians so they would integrate better
@boobyhill6921 3 жыл бұрын
@@Scopps94 Stop begging.
@spidermonkey8430 3 жыл бұрын
@@Scopps94 tell that to ilhan omar
@Hello-uk5xp 3 жыл бұрын
@@spidermonkey8430 Somalia has been an ally of America since jfk days, plus ilhan Omar is conservative, she just doesn’t realize it yet
@lamarmcalister2449 4 жыл бұрын
Smh. Why not take the homeless from California then help them
@Thebobbyman 4 жыл бұрын
most homeless have mental issues. its not just providing them with housing and stuff. they need help. and california has a high population of homeless people because its a highly populated state.
@lamarmcalister2449 4 жыл бұрын
@@Thebobbyman let's trade them to Africa then
@Thebobbyman 4 жыл бұрын
@@lamarmcalister2449 why?
@FIRSTLAST-in8ul 4 жыл бұрын
@@lamarmcalister2449 Shouldn't that be up to California not Portland? After all different states
@Michelle-db8iz 4 жыл бұрын
Look into Housing costs in California....landlords are increasingly rent exponentially making it hard for ANYONE to afford rent. It's happening everywhere. Homelessness starts when people no longer have a sustainable income to afford rent, food, medical and the basic costs of living. Everything goes up.... but the standard household income.
@zammmerjammer 4 жыл бұрын
Canada would be a better option. More welcoming overall and they already speak one of the official languages. Just sayin'.
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
Well asylum-seekers are allowed to pick anywhere they want to live.
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
JSJ L Wow you’re brilliant
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
JSJ L Whatever helps you sleep buddy
@jeffreyhawthornegoines8727 Жыл бұрын
I lived in Portland for a year. The inhabitants are truly wonderful and kind. The well polished video, though, stays very far from even any trace of any normal problems. Welcome to them then, yet let us not forget that America always chooses its immigrants carefully. Is there anyone here who comes from Burkina Faso, New Guinea or Kosovo? It is always some choices of origins; in the preoccupying state of the world, we cannot take in everyone at the same time. Is it fair? Absolutely not. With the millions and millions of people who need help all at the same time, though, some kind of choices have to be made. Mauritania might be for tomorrow, and Kazakhstan as well
@johnredford1461 5 ай бұрын
Newengland rise!!! We will not allow this.
@TheHSIHP 4 жыл бұрын
Makes me proud to live in Portland.
@oxyman10 4 жыл бұрын
You gringos are sowing the seeds of your own demise.
@antediluvianatheist5262 4 жыл бұрын
@Prophet KZfaq It's not either/or. It's both.
@antediluvianatheist5262 4 жыл бұрын
@@oxyman10 Not because they accept migrants. Mostly because they are causing the problems that others are fleeing from. Also capitalism.
@ShellymanStudios 4 жыл бұрын
@Faizan A Relax, you edgy dweeb.
@b.k.3280 4 жыл бұрын
Is he speaking french?
@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын
Colonization was a BIG thing in Africa and his French is very clear, not a Creole or a pidgin - not that that matters (Sebastian)
@liztewliztew 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, he was speaking French.
@liztewliztew 4 жыл бұрын
@@blowitoutyourcunt7675 His French was very clear. I was able to understand what he was saying.
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@Faizan A Stfu
@eliefosso7215 4 жыл бұрын
Sebastian Thor it was french
@mohandhanoa4797 11 ай бұрын
LOL , he has a thirst for democracy , not a thirst for more money and a better life .
@j.l.theseagull4822 4 жыл бұрын
mad props i guess, but what about the countless of homeless AMERICANS in this country???!!!!
@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын
One wonders what the homeless population is like in their town? maybe they've got that figured out and still want to help... Besides it's is clear that these Asylum Seekers and refugees want help, most homeless people I've known want drugs or money to buy drugs - they choose to be homeless and drift. And those that don't want to be homeless, find a way out. * volunteered all four years at homeless shelters downtown during High School
@antediluvianatheist5262 4 жыл бұрын
Now ask why they have you thinking it's us or them. Punch up, not down.
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@JSJ L Some people have no clue wtf they’re talking about! They are fake asylum seekers who crossed the border illegally and then were shipped quietly from San Antonio to Portland. I followed one of them on social media and the guy moaned & groaned for a FREE new cell phone because he dropped and broke it. Then he complained he ran out of cigarettes and wanted those FREE!! And it didn’t stop at that.... after three nights his back ached from the cots at The Expo Building and he whined so much the city paid for a hotel for him and his family for a few nights... then when they placed him in a rather spacious apartment up in Brunswick he complained he wanted a HOUSE!!!!! They feel completely “entitled”. It’s outrageous
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@Sebastian Thor You’re right about the “progressive” point... however, they are not migrants! They are illegal aliens seeking fake asylum
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
30 Mainers died of homelessness last year
@Modern_Nostalgia 4 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of helping those less fortunate no matter the circumstances. However, this can backfire--causing a rip in the social fabric of that region. I do like the fact that some of these migrants will be given the opportunity to fulfill much needed job vacancies.
@Nuttyirishman85 2 жыл бұрын
Oh it backfired, it destroyed the economy. There’s no housing for them now. It’s not just African migrants either, people from all over the world got word and now it’s a disaster.
@lance8080 Жыл бұрын
Why not help out the many poor Americans living already in your country homeless ???? You really care more for foreigners over your homeless?????
@johnspartan3405 11 ай бұрын
@@lance8080I'm from there. We do not want them at all! Those scumbags actually blocked a street to protest their living conditions in this video
@prestonb.f. 4 жыл бұрын
Let’s wait for the post-judice that follows when these people mosey on into town
@RhythmTrimJim 3 жыл бұрын
impeach Mills and Gideon
@friedegghaners9694 3 жыл бұрын
No one ever cares if these things work, if their efficient, if it accomplishes literally anything. It's all just an expensive commercial.
@jennymisteqq5399 4 жыл бұрын
ACLU. AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union.
@scottamon8908 4 жыл бұрын
Smh.
@TaylorJohnson1 4 жыл бұрын
And I wanted to move here....
@ayuanabradford3206 3 жыл бұрын
Well sadly america will be browner
@mirasimmons4904 3 жыл бұрын
Omg black people IT WONT EFECT YOU AT ALL there just humans
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
yes move here and pay taxes so these benefits shoppers can live it up
@Weegee766 4 жыл бұрын
All the best to these people!
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@Warren Hertfelder How many are you willing to take into YOUR home??
@spidermonkey8430 4 жыл бұрын
Go to Detroit
@abodetidings8392 3 жыл бұрын
nice one
@rolandpelletier4386 5 ай бұрын
You all have the power to put a stop to it ,you all put the powers at be in charge.stop crying.and use your mouth and vote or live with it ! They have a reason for letting them in this country you can be sure its not for you all!
@madamelogicbombdropperblac7799 4 жыл бұрын
The White women are smiling.
@dyltron5056 3 жыл бұрын
I seriously doubt it. White women want poor immigrants from third world Sub Saharan Africa over established white American men?? 🙄
@booboobunny5655 3 жыл бұрын
The white men are smiling too! ;)
@missbstuurman 3 жыл бұрын
@@dyltron5056 watch 90 day fiance.
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
not me. no benefits shoppers. they all came the same winter Mills got into office
@brucemaccallan4721 2 жыл бұрын
White women race mix at the lowest rate of any group. All other groups prefer White men to their own by 2:1 margins
@lisawalker7923 11 ай бұрын
Awesome job
@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not surprised at all, Maine takes in all sorts of Asylum Seekers and refugees - it's a major boost to their economy! Americans used to take pride in the fact that we are so rich and well-off that we could be so magnanimous and take thousands of refugees from terrible situations and help them with the hand up. Now our society is so afraid of the other and we're so afraid of each other...
@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын
@Frankie Flannery lol, you're soooo *far* off the mark it's HILARIOUS!
@spidermonkey8430 4 жыл бұрын
You want America to turn into South Africa. Go live there then.
@jesoby 4 жыл бұрын
They will love the winter.
@lisamaloof5772 10 ай бұрын
Maine is NOT racially diverse. I dont know what that African was talking about.
@rascallyrabbits2573 3 жыл бұрын
After leaving Maine decades ago I was on the phone with my Dad and he told me that Lewiston took in the refugees. I was extremely shaken by this and said the ONLY positive thing that will come of this will be a good sports team. I’m not prophet. That was an easy one to predict. Everything that will come of this is easy to predict!
@cesartarrillo8122 6 ай бұрын
Omg!.....I can't believe america look like sudamerica
@90210bribri 4 жыл бұрын
Propaganda
@europeansovietunion7372 4 жыл бұрын
No good deed goes unpunished... Eventually, human traffickers will take advantage of these good people. Trust me, they always do.
@tarantulaman3221 3 жыл бұрын
There's a lot of poverty in the world smh people just want a safe place to live I'm happy that maine is taking care of them
@___X___ 3 жыл бұрын
As a Mainer this makes me sick, and sad. Africa has much larger cities than 67,000
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
30 Mainers died of homelessness in 2021. This needs to stop. These benefits shoppers showed up when Mills got into the Blaine house.
@Brassfunky 4 жыл бұрын
My wife and I were thinking of moving to Portland. Dont think so now.
@valeries3392 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! We aren’t going to miss you!
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
if you buy a house you will pay for benefits shoppers and for their children to have preferential treatment in the schools
@tomstickney5500 2 жыл бұрын
@@valeries3392 i wish you would go
@apostate855 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sending people that will demographically replace the land my ancestors built.
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
I just read this five times and it still makes no sense
@apostate855 4 жыл бұрын
Typo fix.
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
Apostate Define built?
@apostate855 4 жыл бұрын
Have fun wrapping someone else up in silly word games.
@jonnylake3rd 4 жыл бұрын
EMCK And how do you know that? Do you have some magical crystal ball? You should probably read a history book. Because colored people were the ones to get all the heavy lifting. They ran the economy off their back’s and built the infrastructure. Those are actual fact.
@benniejacobmiera1551 Жыл бұрын
Why Dont You treat Native Americans First And Disband Discrimnation Against NATIVES..You HEAR THAT MAINE
@yomeroyomismo8681 3 жыл бұрын
Men !, am Mexican and I went to the U.S. Census Bureau looking for the state with the Smallest percentage of minorities, including mexicans, to move there. According to the Census, it turned out to be Maine. I have admired Anglo-Saxon civilization since always, well, being close to Boston, Maine is more catholic Irish than WASP, but that is okay with me. Now with this African refugee migration, it blew my plans for Main. My next option would be Alaska according to the Census bureau. ...
@Hello-uk5xp 3 жыл бұрын
Bro what 😂 most Americans are Germans not Anglo Saxons
@yomeroyomismo8681 3 жыл бұрын
@@Hello-uk5xp Well, it is said Anglo-saxon in cultural terms for the blood relationship and related origins of both races, English and Germanic peoples. I ve always got a feeling that is true. I have always wondered how or when the English ( Brithish) people were out-numbered by the Irish, the Germans and the scandinavian peoples, being this a British colony. My guess is :it was simply out-numbering the British by birth rate, just as the " Anglos " out-numbered the mexicans in Texas and California and ended-up stealing those mexican territories by settlement. But yes I' ve always noticed German origin in the industrialism and the building itself of the U.S. President Eisenhower was a big progressive indeed.
@yomeroyomismo8681 3 жыл бұрын
@@Hello-uk5xp New Hampshire is un-officially known as " The Anglo-saxon kingdom "... Not far from Maine...
@tdtd3630 3 жыл бұрын
You would be extremely surprised by the Polynesian population here in alaska
@swarhartapooja 2 жыл бұрын
dude why to you want to live in a mostly white place
@UrMahm 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Maine!!!!
@RyFol717 4 жыл бұрын
Ya go back to where u came from
@Skreeze_Nuts 4 жыл бұрын
At 1:34 there is a guy with fake airpods
@sharjeelkhan7437 4 жыл бұрын
Enormous mistake.
@user-bw2zt5jd9u 6 ай бұрын
Enormous is right!
@davechristensen5217 6 ай бұрын
what about ebola
@rogueranger7989 4 жыл бұрын
Wanted to Move to MAINE Next Year; Having Second Thoughts...
@mannygardner1151 3 жыл бұрын
lmao I am also deathly afraid of black people
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
just dont move to Portland.
@aamrakamran7275 4 жыл бұрын
Portland will regret it.
@dennissutton3767 4 жыл бұрын
Asylum from whom?
@spidermonkey8430 4 жыл бұрын
from other africans
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
white South Africans need refuge
@mbrezovsky89 4 жыл бұрын
To me this is what America is supposed to be like. If you come here to work hard and pursue your dream under American ideals that’s what it is supposed to be.
@mbrezovsky89 4 жыл бұрын
Austin Sullivan you know I can understand seeing how the media portrays immigrants how people would think that. But I have lived on the US Mexico border for most of my life. I have never once seen a lazy immigrant who just wants to mooch off the system. I go to University with a lot of immigrants from every corner of the world and they work just as hard if not harder than the American counterparts. My grandmother was a Mexican immigrant who came here poor and with nothing more than a 9th grade education and speaking no English . She passed away having 2 masters degrees and a career. So I would really love to know where you get off saying the majority of them are lazy? Or don’t want to work. I promise they work harder than any entitled American. And literally the only difference between someone like me being born and America and an immigrant is place of birth. Which they had no choice of you don’t get to pick where and when you’re born.
@mbrezovsky89 4 жыл бұрын
So you think homeless people just love being homeless? You think that people choose to be homeless? You think some of those homeless aren’t American? Aren’t say Veterans? To use one state out of 50 is seriously fallible argument. Each state has issues that need to be addressed no one state is perfect. I live in a city full of immigrants In arguably one of the most conservative places in the United States. We are all doing fine. People work hard educate themselves. We also have shelter for a lot of refugees despite the clear distaste the rest of the state has for them. So much distaste in fact someone took it upon themselves to drive over 600 miles to shoot possible immigrants. But you know you I’ll put it to you this way refugees come from places that are so overrun with corruption death poverty and atrocities that if anyone knows what a privilege it is to be here and to work here it’s them. You can sit there on your high horse saying that they are less deserving that you and other them. But I’ll chose not too. It is your right to do so, but I’ll chose instead to show kindness and welcome instead of treating entire groups of people like they don’t deserve something based on place of birth.
@kerryn6714 4 жыл бұрын
Prophet KZfaq False equivocation fallacy. Asylum seekers & the homeless are not the same issue.
@blowitoutyourcunt7675 4 жыл бұрын
@Prophet KZfaq My experience with working with the homeless population and volunteering at several homeless shelters is that most of them are exactly where they want to be. They either want drugs or money for drugs and those that want out, find a way out! Besides comparing the homeless of America to Asylum Seekers is like comparing apples to zebras.
@antediluvianatheist5262 4 жыл бұрын
@Prophet KZfaq Nope. A Marxist would ask: why has most of the money been siphoned off?
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
Why not open the EXPO for American?
@gerberjoanne266 4 жыл бұрын
It's odd, but the French-speaking immigrant featured in this video should have aimed for France or Quebec. At least he could speak the language there. I assume he and his family would have been welcomed there, as well.
@zuhawk15 4 жыл бұрын
All the negative comments are from people who are doing nothing to make the world or their community to be a better place just criticizing others. I'm sure your God is proud of you. So instead of complaining, go out and volunteer to help the vets and the homeless. what this country needs is a high speed rail system so people can live and work where ever they want instead of car companies paying off politicians.
@OGFrylock 4 жыл бұрын
These comments don't match the likes😂
@dennissutton3767 9 ай бұрын
You talk like this is a good thing???
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
Than Strimling and the other libs can pay for this
@superptop Ай бұрын
An Maine has the best welfare
@dennissutton3767 9 ай бұрын
Who is that gray haired clown???
@Sthmohtwenty 3 жыл бұрын
The time u take all these refugees why don't u help their countries,,, 30 yrs I am trying 4 visa and these ppl get really....were they get money to travel from one continent to usa ,,,
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
tell me about it. organic immigration is ok. taking in benefits shoppers is not
@dfmrcv862 4 жыл бұрын
As long as they are willing to work, and follow the law, great.
@myopinionwhileIcanstillhaveone 4 жыл бұрын
Same for all citizens of the U.S.
@fatlacesthedon 4 жыл бұрын
I say that about politicians all the time
@johnathanjones9684 4 жыл бұрын
I think they'll do just fine.
@dfmrcv862 4 жыл бұрын
@Faizan A Nah.
@dfmrcv862 4 жыл бұрын
@Ken Elliott Oh, well thats *totally* not worrisome at all! Since when has allowing people into the country backfired???
@millevenon5853 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Portland. Take good care of them
@tomstickney5500 2 жыл бұрын
the taxpayer all of Maine will pay for this
@poohbear7166 2 жыл бұрын
Wtf
@donnuele7693 3 жыл бұрын
It looks like Italy
@chelseafan4eva 3 жыл бұрын
Boy do I like comment sections.... people really come out with their god honest opinions. Nice to know how many racists live around me, yet smile at me when I see them on the Street
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
people who arrive in Central America then come to Maine are here for our social services. Its injustice not racism
@dionne4565 4 жыл бұрын
if only all american could be this welcoming
@CPgalaxyXXOFFICAL 4 жыл бұрын
proud of my city
@lourenmurithii3462 4 жыл бұрын
Africans migrants are very hardworking,I'd vouch for them because I am African and I live in an African country where we atleast have a manageable economy,so I am not a refugee,but I'll vouch for my African brothers and sisters anyday!
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@louren murithii My heritage is Native American and I’m sorry but we cannot even take care of our OWN citizens... we don’t want anymore fake asylum seekers
@renamn6556 4 жыл бұрын
louren murithii True...alot of Africans go get an Higher Education(College) also.Many are in the Health Field.They do not come to the USA to be low-skilled workers.
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@R MR19 Nearly all public housing (projects) in Portland, Maine are filled with Africans.. Kennedy Park, Sagamore Village, Riverton Park and Front Street. Research it for yourself!
@randycox3522 4 жыл бұрын
at last! an unbiased opinion
@BobJones-dq9mx 3 жыл бұрын
So I guess not other American needs work. Please go home!
@minyoisacika8415 2 жыл бұрын
God bless all you people in Portland Maine Honestly this is an indictment on African countries on the poor leadership. Look at how welcoming white Americans are towards people of all races. God bless you
@projectacuhope 2 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile they killed the white farmers in South Africa so the UN is forcing Europe to send food aid to the poor Africans.
@aethulwulfvonstopphen8013 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry, come to my neighborhood and they will get ran out.
@user-zo5eu9tp7q 3 жыл бұрын
African country need diversity too
@keithparry1111 4 жыл бұрын
This all needs to be done in the name of Jesus. The Lord said, "when I was a stranger you welcomed me" If it's not done in the name of Jesus it's worthless. The most vulnerable are the unborn. They are asylum seekers too. These are good people. Don't instill more fear into them by telling them the "administration" wants them out of here. I know many Christian Africans living in Portland who have no such fear and even speak highly of Donald Trump because they aren't surrounded by people who hate the President. Just be careful people. That your apparent goodwill isnt a cover up for your bitterness.
@nakiadeon8607 4 жыл бұрын
He also told Nehemiah to build a wall.
@ShidaiTaino 3 жыл бұрын
Nakia Deon did Jesus say that
@msme2400 2 жыл бұрын
nope benefits shoppers
@danielgatchell871 4 жыл бұрын
Oh, please everyone, what is so wrong with this? We just need people to fill up these jobs. There are hundreds of jobs in Maine, they can help bring up the economy. Just look at the English who came over on the Mayflower, white people who were being persecuted based on religious beliefs. Natives helped them, taught them the skills needed to survive and prosper. We are lucky to hold citizenship here. Can't we do the same for blacks, Mexicans, and others? It's just kindness. Can't we stretch our resources out?
@deenamarie6987 4 жыл бұрын
@Daniel Gatchell Speaking as a Native American... no! They are here for welfare
@rascallyrabbits2573 2 жыл бұрын
Apples and oranges. Am watching this from afar ( Former Mainer living in diverse region) Name me one, just one situation where this particular racial demographic mixing has worked out well for whites? You can’t!
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