Immigrants in Maine

The data was released last month by the Deportation Data Project, and provides one of the most complete state-level pictures of ICE enforcement activity.

Some new citizens said gaining the security of citizenship felt even more special amid rising fears in immigrant communities.

The recent elimination of the USDA’s Local Food Purchasing Assistance program is forcing immigrant farmers in Maine and the communities they feed to scramble, and to start cultivating their own grassroots solutions.

The administration's efforts to terminate Temporary Protected Status is on pause following a federal court ruling this week.

The arrests occurred on Memorial Day following a traffic stop by Maine State Police.

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.

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

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.

Residents offered diverging - and at times impassioned - views on immigration enforcement.