Records obtained by the Press Herald reveal how local officials communicated with a federal officer, including on the surveillance of protesters, when more than 200 arrests were made in late January.
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ACLU accuses Sanford officials of withholding records about ICE, CBP collaboration
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the organization’s Maine chapter says the city and its police department are refusing to turn over incident reports that should be made public under the Freedom of Access Act.
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How Backyard Farms in Madison came to rely on migrant labor
Dozens of contracted migrant workers at the facility, which once promised to employ hundreds of locals, have been detained in recent immigration enforcement operations.
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At least 5 from Maine are in an Arizona ICE facility where a man died this week
The detainees were all taken into custody during the weeklong operation in January.
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Police responding to attempted suicide in South Paris call Border Patrol
The Paris police chief said an officer needed help with translation during a life-or-death situation. Advocates fear this will discourage immigrants from reaching out to local police.
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This bill could give Maine jails more say over holding federal inmates
The bill’s sponsors say an amended version of LD 2058 will clarify that federal agencies can use the state’s county jails if they present probable cause, giving local officials more discretion over whether to take certain detainees.
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Mainers detained by ICE are coming home by the dozens
Despite the Trump administration’s push for mass detentions and deportations, many who were swept up in ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ last month were found to pose no danger to their communities.
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Pausing work permits for asylum seekers would hurt Maine’s economy, officials say
The Trump administration has proposed halting work permits from being issued until a backlog of over 1.4 million asylum applications is eliminated.
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About a dozen workers detained in Skowhegan immigration raid, advocates say
The arrests marked the second raid this month by federal immigration agents on workers traveling to Backyard Farms in Madison.
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In State of the Union, Trump says fraud ‘even worse’ in Maine than in Minnesota
The president announced that Vice President JD Vance would conduct a ‘war on fraud’ in Maine and other states.