Lisa Parisio, with the Portland-based Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, said revoking Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is part of the administration's broader attack on legal immigration pathways.
"Going after people who have existing statuses like TPS holders and seeking to strip them of their protections so that they can increase the numbers of people that they are able to deport," Parisio said.
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While the intense surge of immigration enforcement ended in late January, ICE activity continues in Maine. We find out about recent arrests, what has happened to those who were detained earlier, and whether immigrant communities are still living in fear. We’ll also learn about policy and legal action to curtail enforcement in Maine.
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A representative from the Maine Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project warned lawmakers that tenants face increasing risks regardless of their immigration status, pointing to a number of recently exposed cases of unlawful detentions.
“In relationships where there are power dynamics, including landlord and tenant, weaponizing ICE is not new,” Policy Director Lisa Parisio testified during the hearing. “But in this environment, the stakes and human consequences are at their highest.”
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Lawyers say it has become harder to locate detainees arrested and flown out of New England since ICE’s recent enforcement surge.
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It was quiet at the Grace African & Caribbean Food Mart on Main Street in Westbrook Tuesday afternoon. The store had not seen any customers all day, and only one person came in the day before.
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We find out about the status of the Immigration & Customs Enforcement presence in Maine. What has changed since Senator Susan Collins announced that the increased ICE operations were stopping? More than 200 people were detained during the surge of arrests. Where are they now? What are lawmakers doing? And how are communities faring?
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