Maine’s labor force gets boost from immigrants, but what’s next?
Maine’s “demographic conundrum” — its aging population — is convincing at least one manufacturer to hire more immigrants, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The story features Westbrook’s Sigco Inc., which employs workers from Burundi, Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. A quarter of its workforce of 227 is legal African immigrants.
“While refugee resettlement and immigration more broadly is a divisive issue in some states and cities, Maine business leaders are sending a different message: Please, take our jobs,” the Journal reported.
If President-elect Donald Trump stems the flow of immigrants, as promised, it could have a detrimental effect on the Maine economy, Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling told the Journal.
“It makes me very concerned if there are policies in place that could reduce a much-needed influx of people,” he said.
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