border patrol

Published
March 7, 2023

Agents added to U.S. northern border as illegal crossings increase

The team, which started on Monday, will help to deter and disrupt human smuggling activities in the sector that includes Maine.
Published
June 8, 2022

Supreme Court ruling on lawsuits against federal agents could affect Maine, civil rights group says

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine says the high court ruling siding with the government could have an adverse effect here.
Published
October 28, 2021

Border Patrol has a ‘shadow police unit’ that protects agents when they kill, groups say

These "shadow police units" have been operating since at least 1987 and without any actual authority under federal law, according to a letter sent to Congress calling for an investigation.
Published
April 10, 2021

Maine Voices: ICE’s actions tear at fabric of our local communities

The plight of a young man detained by ICE for a non-criminal offense helps show why local resistance to ICE continues to grow.
Published
April 3, 2021

U.S. Border Patrol agents being reassigned from Maine to Mexican border

Agents working on the Maine-Canada border are being sent to states in the Southwest to address the migrant influx there.
Published
March 30, 2021

Biden administration allows media inside Texas border tent packed with minors

The reporters witnessed extreme levels of overcrowding.
Published
March 11, 2021

Our View: ICE should say what it’s up to in Maine

A lawsuit is seeking answers about why federal authorities have been moving immigration detainees through Maine.
Published
December 2, 2020

Trump’s unfinished border wall faces uncertain future after Biden pledge to freeze construction

Trump's project has added just a few miles of new fencing where none previously existed. The effort largely has consisted of replacing small, older vehicle barriers with towering steel bars.
Published
November 21, 2020

Rangeley Border Patrol arrests violent sex offender, reunites missing woman with family

Responding to a tip by an off-duty warden, Border Patrol agents tracked two subjects and found that one was a missing person and the other a fugitive from Virginia.
Published
October 21, 2020

Study finds no increase in crime in ‘sanctuary’ cities, despite Trump claims

The data show that the policies were effective at limiting deportations of nonviolent offenders but did not result in higher crime rates in those cities.