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Maine has the lowest violent crime rate in the nation, and yet, ICE is targeting 1,400 people across the state in "Operation Catch of the Day."
Anna Welch, director of the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at the University of Maine School of Law, said what she's seeing so far in Maine fits with national trends. Over the last few months, the vast majority of newly-detained immigrants have no criminal record, according to researchers analyzing ICE data.
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Portland City Council member Pious Ali, a native of Ghana, said there's much anxiety about ICE's presence in Maine's largest city.
Portland Mayor Mark Dion says federal agents are conducting targeted operations, not neighborhood patrols, as ICE reports more than 50 arrests in Maine in the last two days.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that the mass deportation effort in Maine, dubbed "Operation Catch of the Day," officially got underway Tuesday.
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