Maine police officer detained by Ice agrees to leave US
Jon Luke Evans had been employed by local police after federal database confirmed his eligibility to workUS politics – live updatesA Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on...
<p>Jon Luke Evans had been employed by local police after federal database confirmed his eligibility to work</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/19/texas-congressional-maps-democrats-republicans-donald-trump-us-politics-updates-news">US politics – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/maine">Maine</a> police officer arrested by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/usimmigration">immigration</a> authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Monday.</p><p>Ice arrested the Old Orchard Beach police department reserve officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on 25 July, as part of the agency’s effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town and police department have said federal authorities previously told them Evans was legally authorized to work in the US.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/maine-police-officer-immigration-ice">Continue reading...</a>
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