[pepsionice]

States and cities really have nothing to use to hinder these type moves. Obviously, there is a problem and somebody from the state government needs to figure how to settle this quietly. Not to be too racist...but I doubt that there were not too many blacks in this town to start with....and the locals probably are used to things staying the same.

[Tancred]

Not to be too racist...but I doubt that there were not too many blacks in this town to start with....and the locals probably are used to things staying the same.

There are very few non-white persons in Maine compared to all the other states (I know because I live here and because I've done a lot of research with Census data for my classes). But I believe it's not about race; rather, it's about culture. You can't have a lot of people moving into town who go about building mosques, needing translators, having eight kids, and collecting welfare. If these were American blacks (that is, descendants of "involuntary immigrants"), rather than Somali refugees (who don't share a common culture & who require a lot of support), there would not be such a problem.