In 2026, ILAP will prioritize defending immigrant communities from mass enforcement, responding to systemic issues in immigration detention, defending humanitarian immigration pathways, advocating for the rights and protection of immigrant children, expanding access to immigration legal services, and supporting efforts to help people meet basic needs.
Read MoreThank you for all the ways you have cared for and supported Maine’s immigrant communities, our team, and each other.
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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