Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Details are scarce, but Gov. Mills and the mayors of Portland and Lewiston said they're bracing for a potential influx of federal immigration agents.

Details are still scarce, but both mayors said operations could begin next week.

In Portland, hundreds of people holding cardboard signs and candles converged on Portland's Monument Square to express outrage and grief over Renee Nicole Good's killing at the hands of ICE agents in Minneapolis.

The ruling comes after the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and several other groups filed a class-action lawsuit.

Mills said the bill, while imperfect, was one way to push back against what she called the Trump administration's "unacceptable" immigration enforcement actions.

Pingree, a Democrat, visited the facility after reports that attorneys were being barred from accompanying clients during routine check-ins.

ICE arrested 230 people in the state through mid-October, according to the Deportation Data Project.

Students and supporters marched through downtown Wednesday, calling for stronger protections for immigrant students.

The family had been trying to seek asylum in Canada. Local school, church, and soccer communities are reckoning with the family's sudden absence.

The 3-2 vote came after months of pressure from activists to cancel the contract.