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.
Read MoreA 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.”
Read MoreNews outlets, civil rights groups, and court records tell a much different story than the government's claims about "Operation Catch of the Day.
Read MoreMany of the Maine residents arrested during an immigration enforcement operation last month were processed at a facility in Massachusetts that attorneys warn has deplorable conditions and is not set up for extended detention.
Read MoreLawyers say it has become harder to locate detainees arrested and flown out of New England since ICE’s recent enforcement surge.
Read MoreThe same day federal authorities launched an immigration enforcement operation in Maine focused on catching the “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens,” they detained an 18-year-old asylum seeker with no criminal record who had graduated from high school two years early.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreWe 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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