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

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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 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
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
September 16, 2020

Border Patrol arrests 7 along Maine-Canada border

The arrests stemmed from 3 incidents last weekend even as the border is closed to nonessential traffic during the pandemic.
Published
September 16, 2020

Democrats to investigate whistleblower claims that detainees were given forced hysterectomies

A nurse alleges that the Irwin County Detention Center performed questionable hysterectomies, refused to test detainees for COVID-19 and shredded medical records.
Published
August 11, 2020

Lawsuit challenges use of checkpoints miles from Canadian border

A federal lawsuit filed by ACLU affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont challenges the use of checkpoints by the U.S. Border Patrol nearly 100 miles from the Canadian border, saying they are beyond the patrol’s authority