A statement released Wednesday by Customs and Border Patrol says the jump in arrests is due to increased enforcement operations.

Police chief Dan Ahern said in a statement the incident was an "unfortunate circumstance."

In the months since his arrest, Jose Adalberto Herrera has been detained in New York City at a facility for immigrant children and faces possible deportation, according to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, a Maine-based group that is one of several legal advocacy organizations working on the boy’s case.

A coalition of states is suing the Transportation and Homeland Security Departments.

A Maine Superior Court justice will begin scheduling hearings to release indigent criminal defendants who have been held for more than two weeks without an attorney, despite a pending appeal to the state Supreme Court.

According to online booking logs, the jail has held around 70 people for Border Patrol so far this year.

Biddeford Police Chief, JoAnne Fisk said, 21-year-old Mohammed Hussein Kamaluldeen of Biddeford has been charged with possession of a firearm near a school.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey urges U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene and restore Rep. Laurel Libby's voting rights in the Maine House, arguing that the order doesn't require her to apologize for her views, but for targeting a high school transgender athlete.

Lawyers in multiple states say their clients have been arrested in Maine in recent months despite having valid work permits, no criminal record, and pending claims for permanent status.

The city of Portland is suing the Maine Department of Health and Human Services over a shelter reimbursement rule that will cut millions of dollars in funding for the state's largest homeless shelter and others around Maine.