The council also authorized Mayor Mark Dion to participate on behalf of the city in litigation against immigration enforcement.
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‘We’re fed up’: Midcoast students walk out to protest ICE
Students from several schools in the region met at the Sagadahoc Bridge in Bath on Monday afternoon to speak out against immigration arrests.
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Shenna Bellows says she was doxed for stance on ICE
Maine’s secretary of state, also a Democratic candidate for governor, said she is ‘not backing down’ following a slew of ‘vicious and nasty’ phone calls after her personal information was spread online.
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Maine cyclists ride in support of man killed in Minneapolis ICE operation
Over 40 cyclists gathered in Portland on Saturday afternoon to show support for Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse and avid cyclist who was fatally shot by an immigration agent.
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A closer look at the Maine names on Homeland Security’s ‘worst of the worst’ list
Federal officials have publicized a database of arrests as part of the justification for recent enhanced enforcement efforts, but the list cites decades-old charges and arrests made by local police months earlier.
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ICE said it came to Maine to target the ‘worst of the worst.’ Did it?
Federal authorities repeatedly highlighted a handful of people with past criminal charges arrested as part of their operation in Maine. But several other cases involve residents who don’t have criminal records.
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More than 1,000 rally in Portland against Trump, ICE
The protest in Monument Square was just one of many demonstrations across the U.S. on Friday.
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In photos: Thousands gather to protest ICE activity in Maine
Thousands of protesters gather for an anti-ICE rally in Monument Square in Portland on Friday.
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Immigration enforcement is keeping kids from athletics
School districts’ attendance declines have been mirrored in student-athlete participation drops while administrators and coaches focus on player security.
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Maine’s top federal judge orders ICE to release woman arrested without warrant
Francoise Makuiza was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Jan. 23 while leaving her neighborhood for work.