Homeless Problem Surges in Portland, Maine, as State Brings in Illegal Immigrants

The number of homeless people in Maine more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, according to the Maine Housing Authority.

A homeless encampment in Harbor View Memorial Park in Portland, Maine, on Dec. 16, 2023 before the city ordered the campsite dismantled and its inhabitants moved into a city-run shelter. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

PORTLAND, Maine—For 36-year-old Sheena, every day has been a struggle since she and her husband wound up homeless on the streets of Portland—Maine’s largest city on the Atlantic coastline—five months ago.

The couple had been “kicked out” of a motel after two years, though they “never once got in trouble,” she said.