Mark Dion says a temporary injunction bars the federal government from making cooperation with immigration officials a condition for funding airport upgrades.
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ICE agents in Maine arrest local pastor who supported immigrant community
Michel Tshimankinda was detained by ICE last week. His family is raising money to bring him home to Westbrook.
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Old Orchard Beach police officer arrested by ICE agrees to voluntarily leave the US
ICE says that Jon Luke Evans is in the US illegally and broke the law when he tried to purchase a gun.
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Oxford County to weigh whether grant is worth new immigration enforcement demands
Oxford County commissioners will meet Tuesday morning to determine if the $200,000 grant application is worth the new stringent guidelines set in place by the Trump administration.
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Driver, passenger detained by ICE after pedestrian killed in Lewiston
A driver was detained by ICE Friday, police said, after a vehicle traveling on Park Street jumped the curb, striking and killing a Massachusetts woman.
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Do police officers in Maine have to be U.S. citizens? | Fact brief
The Maine Criminal Justice Academy sets eligibility requirements for law enforcement officers statewide, though local jurisdictions can impose their own specific requirements.
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ICE, Maine police department trade blame over reserve officer’s work status
An Old Orchard Beach reserve officer was arrested by ICE last week. The town chief said the feds confirmed he was allowed to work in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security called the police department ‘reckless.’
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Old Orchard Beach reserve officer arrested by ICE had been cleared by feds to work, police say
ICE says that Jon Luke Evans is in the US illegally, and broke the law when he tried to purchase a gun. But the Old Orchard Beach police chief says Evans’ legal status was verified by the federal Department of Homeland Security.
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Man arrested, taken to hospital by Border Patrol drops federal court case
Humberto L. Cachimuel Alfusi dropped his petition after he was transferred to ICE custody and is now being held at a correctional facility in Massachusetts.
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Portland City Council weighs options on ICE-contracted airline flying out of jetport
Despite growing concerns over Avelo Airlines’ role in the Trump administration’s deportation flights, councilors say they see very few, if any, legal ways for the city to intervene.