‘Asylum Seekers’ draining public assistance funds in Maine

Brenda J. Elliot reports on the "unprofitable" illegals:

Portland is providing emergency financial assistance to an unprecedented number of immigrants who have come to seek asylum, and the group now accounts for 63 percent of the city’s general assistance budget, according to data released by the city Monday.

More asylum seekers and visa holders who are expected to apply for asylum have received general assistance from the city in the first five months of the current fiscal year than in the entire previous fiscal year. The number receiving aid increased from 1,716 in all of fiscal 2014 to 1,899 in the first five months of fiscal 2015, which began July 1.

“Those are the highest numbers we’ve had,” said Robert Duranleau, the city’s social services director.

Imagine that.