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If approved, the shelter would open this week and operate until early April.
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Immigration officials said only Congress has the authority to adjust the statute.
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Five Pillars Butchery is seeking federal grants to construction a new processing facility, and is in the early stages of creating a halal meat processors cooperative.
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A report released earlier this month proposes a sponsorship program pairing immigrants with medical backgrounds with Maine's teaching hospitals.
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Gov. Janet Mills and state lawmakers formally unveiled legislation Friday to establish the Maine Office of New Americans.
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Superintendent Tim Matheney called it "the most vile email message" he'd seen during 35 years working in education.
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While relatively few Venezuelans have arrived in Maine compared to other states, some are finding support here through informal networks of friends, family, and former colleagues.
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Earlier this year, several groups scrambled to set up a transitional housing program in the Frances Warde house as the city grappled with a growing crisis for pregnant and new mother asylum seekers.
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The buildings, at the former Naval Air Station, will house around 125 people.
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While the state's Latino population is still one of the smallest in the country, it's increased by roughly 75% since 2010.