Rep. Grayson Lookner, a Portland Democrat, said he brought the proposal in response to recent incidents in Maine, including the September arrest of a parent outside a Portland school.
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Chellie Pingree says ICE blocking lawyers; calls for tour of southern Maine facility
The 1st District congresswoman said officials have been denied entry to U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement offices.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Schools & Education
Chellie Pingree, Portland leaders pressure ICE to share details on arrest outside school
Immigration officers’ refusal to identify themselves while detaining a parent during student drop-off at Gerald E. Talbot Community School last week has led to a growing chorus of calls for transparency from federal agents.
Posted inFact Brief, Maine, News
Is all of Maine within U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s jurisdiction? | Fact brief
Within 100 miles of the border, CBP agents and Border Patrol officers have heightened authority.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
Massachusetts teen detained by ICE at Cumberland County Jail released
Zeneyda Barrera Hernandez, an 18-year-old resident of Lynn, Massachusetts, had been held without bail since Monday.
Posted inMaine, News
Officials warn that ice is not safe on many Maine bodies of water
Warm spells and rain have left the ice on many lakes and ponds nowhere near as solid as might be expected in late January.
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ICE halts force-feeding of immigrant detainees in Texas
The U.S. government says it has suddenly stopped force-feeding a group of men on a hunger strike inside an El Paso immigration detention center.
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Lewiston police, ICE detain woman
Zera Samson, center, is detained by several law enforcement officers at the bus station on the corner of Bates and Oak streets in Lewiston on Friday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — A woman from Tanzania was detained at the Greyhound bus stop on Bates Street for about 45 minutes Friday while Lewiston police and an […]
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Watch a deer use an ice chunk to raft 2 miles downriver
ALLAGASH (AP) — A video of deer surfing an ice flow down river before nimbly jumping to safety is causing a sensation.