Cumberland County Jail

Gratien Milandou-Wamba had applied for asylum, but ICE says it arrested him after he allegedly tried to purchase a gun.

Speakers at the rally urged attendees to join an effort to get the Cumberland County Jail to stop housing people for ICE.

The group No ICE for ME says it's collected nearly 3,000 signatures on a petition to end cooperation with ICE.

The ruling bars the federal government from deporting Eyidi Ambila while he pursues his case in immigration court.

Rallygoers in Portland said they were alarmed at President Donald Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to L.A. amid protests against recent immigration raids.

According to court documents, the government had moved to deport Eyidi Ambila after the ACLU of Maine filed a petition for his release last week.

The man, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been in ICE custody since September.

Sheriff Kevin Joyce said his department is squeezed between people who want an end to cooperation with ICE and those who want to see even more collaboration.

ICE's interest in the teenager - who was arrested over an apparently minor dispute with her sibling - raised concerns amid Trump's immigration crackdown.

William Doyle, executive director of the National Correctional Employees Union, said the complaint was prompted by a decision to begin housing federal inmates as of last month. Doyle said the jail is already under-staffed, and the additional inmates have put a strain on working conditions.