“There’s just so much confusion, there’s just so much misinformation.”

Anna Welch, director of the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at the University of Maine School of Law, who hopes a new hotline to track activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Maine will combat the fear and confusion that immigrants in the state are experiencing.

Advocacy groups who oppose increased immigration enforcement have launched the hotline as lawyers and advocates say they have struggled to track rising reports of ICE activity. Read more from courts reporter Emily Allen: Maine immigrant advocacy groups launch ICE activity hotline