Immigrant Rights Leader on How Maine Is Resisting ICE Terror Activists in Maine are resisting ICE immigration raids in Portland and Lewiston that the Trump administration dubbed “Operation Catch of the Day.” The immigrant community in Maine has grown in recent years, with an influx of asylum seekers and Somali immigrants in particular. “As a small state, community means a lot,” says Mufalo Chitam, executive director of the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, adding that her organization has received thousands of phone calls to their immigrant support hotline in recent weeks.

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Now This Impact: Why is Maine the feds next target since is has a very small number of immigrants?

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ICE Agent Filmed at Man's Front Door Warning 'We're Gonna Come Back for Your Whole Family' as Immigration Raids Reach Maine Soon after ICE launched a new operation in Maine, Ecuadorian immigrant Cristian Vaca was faced with a harrowing warning from federal agents standing outside his front door

ICE agents used family‑directed threats during a home encounter tied to Operation “Catch of the Day,” signaling psychological intimidation as an enforcement tactic.

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‘A dragnet approach,’ lawful residents detained in initial days of ICE operation in Maine • Maine Morning Star A retail worker arrested at a routine immigration check-in. A mother and a student, both asylum seekers, taken into custody. A civil engineer on a work visa and a corrections officer recruit, whose bo...

ICE expanded Operation “Catch of the Day” in Maine through dragnet arrests that swept up lawful residents and asylum seekers, accelerating due‑process erosion.

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ICE activity increases in Maine as anxiety grows in immigrant communities Maine is seeing an increase in immigration enforcement activity this week. The state's secretary of state has responded by declining to issue more undercover license plates for federal immigration off...

ICE expanded Operation “Catch of the Day” across southern and central Maine, disrupting schools and workplaces in Portland, Lewiston, and Auburn as enforcement fears spread into community life.
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Collins, Mills take different tacks on ICE's sweeping enforcement action in Maine Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state.

ICE enforcement under Operation “Catch of the Day” fractured Maine’s political leadership and sparked protests as officials challenged arrest transparency and civil rights impacts.
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ICE arrests 100 in Maine in first three days of "Operation Catch of the Day" Homeland Security said the operation is targeting the "worst of the worst"

ICE arrested more than 100 people in Maine within days under Operation “Catch of the Day,” prompting state leaders to denounce the operation as destabilizing and corrosive to civil rights.

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ICE Officially Launches Operation 'Catch of the Day' as Maine Braces for Authoritarian Surge | Common Dreams “These masked men with no regard for the rule of law are causing long-term damage to our state and to our country,” said the mayor of Lewiston.

ICE launched “Operation Catch of the Day” in Maine, triggering community backlash after highly visible arrest tactics during routine enforcement.
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"Operation Catch of the Day" ICE is here, detaining people in Portland, Westbrook and Lewiston

#OperationCatchOfTheDay is the catchy #DHS designation for the terror that is being unleashed right now on Mainers in Portland, Westbrook, Lewiston, and elsewhere.

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