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  • Don't hang out 'no vacancy' sign at Kittery [Maine Wants Immigrants (KnowNothings)]

    06/05/2007 4:23:00 PM PDT · by bd476 · 47 replies · 1,165+ views
    Maine Today ^ | June 5, 2007 | P. Vincent O'Malley
    Don't hang out 'no vacancy' sign at Kittery Maine needs immigrants to grow and prosper, which means being welcoming, not hostile. Cead Mille Failte is a Gaelic expression of Irish hospitality that literally translates to "one hundred thousand welcomes." As the son of Irish immigrants who were welcomed to Maine more than 80 years ago to find work, raise a family and practice their faith, I believe the only way to have a prospering Maine is to have a welcoming Maine. Maine's periods of great economic growth have coincided with its periods of high levels of in-migration. This is...