Next ICE Target? Maine

Well, this is unexpected

ICE launches immigration enforcement operation in Maine

Do these old white folks have nothing better to do?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched a new operation in Maine, an expansion of a Trump administration campaign that has sparked tensions across the country.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a Wednesday statement that ICE “arrested illegal aliens convicted of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and endangering the welfare of a child” during the first day of the initiative, dubbed “Operation Catch of the Day.”

She also called out Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, alleging that the governor “and her fellow sanctuary politicians in Maine have made it abundantly clear that they would rather stand with criminal illegal aliens than protect law-abiding American citizens.”

Mills said in a statement that “many people across Maine are fearful” in the wake of ICE launching its operation in the state.

If they are in the U.S. lawfully and with no conviction or charges they shouldn’t be fearful, right?

“If the Federal government has warrants, then it should show them. But if they are separating working mothers from young children, solely because they sought freedom here and have committed no crime, then the Federal government is only sowing intimidation and fear and fostering division and suspicion among neighbors – none of which is welcome,” she said.

Yeah, that’s not how it works Janet, dammit. I bet if a working mother cam and stole a bunch of your stuff you’d be all for prosecuting them. We are a nation of Law, not of Men. If laws mean nothing then why do we have them? And the law saws, shockingly, that anyone unlawfully present in the US gets deported.

Portland City Councilor Pious Ali said most of the people arrested by ICE on Tuesday were from Maine’s greater Portland area, including South Portland, Westbrook and Lewiston.

Local officials in the state have cautioned that the presence of federal officials in Maine could lead to heightened tensions, with Portland Mayor Mark Dion warning last week that “Our community is anxious and fearful regarding the understanding that ICE is planning to send agents to Portland and Lewiston next week.”

Oh, good, they’re going to protect murderers, rapists, and child abusers.

ICE Deputy Assistant Director Patricia Hyde told Fox News in Scarborough, Maine, on Tuesday that the operation was targeting approximately 1,400 individuals— including immigrants from Senegal, Somalia, Honduras, Guatemala and the Congo — and that authorities arrested more than 50 people during its first day.

The Biden admin kept good records on those they let in, and now the Trump admin can use those records to round them up.