The agency criticized members of the public for interrupting immigration officers’ activity in a news release Thursday after Sen. Susan Collins said she has been told that the operation has ended.
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Maine businesses to close Friday, make donations to support immigrant community
More than 50 shops and restaurants are participating in a nationwide strike, which will include a protest in Portland’s Monument Square.
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Somali American lawmaker in Maine cites threats, racism in not seeking reelection
Rep. Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, had made history in 2021 as the first Somali American mayor in the country.
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Bangor airport reopens days after fatal crash
The runway had been closed since Sunday night following Maine’s deadliest passenger plane crash in decades.
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Live updates: Susan Collins says ICE operation in Maine is over, state leaders react with caution
Federal officials claimed 200 arrests in the state over the last week.
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Maine leaders react with caution as Susan Collins says ICE operation has ended
The head of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition called the news ‘confusing’ and urged residents to remain on guard, while Democratic officials said they had been unable to independently confirm the conclusion of ‘Operation Catch of the Day.’
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For some western Maine families, homeschooling is all about having choice
For many Maine families, homeschooling emerges not as a first choice but as a response to an education system that doesn’t always meet individual needs, beliefs or learning styles.
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Immigration officials told a Lewiston man he wasn’t in trouble. Then they arrested him.
Delfino Nsuka was arrested by ICE last week, according to his wife, who recorded the interaction while on a phone call with him.
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ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
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Transportation company for MaineCare patients emerges from bankruptcy
Modivcare covers much of the non-emergency transportation for Medicaid patients in the state.