ICE targets Somali communities in Maine in new Trump administration crackdown
Immigration enforcement has sent a surge of federal agents to the fishing state, with about 50 arrests so farThe Trump administration has begun another targeted immigration crackdown, sending a surge of federal personnel to Maine, an ocean fishing state, in a plan dubbed by the government Operation...
<p>Immigration enforcement has sent a surge of federal agents to the fishing state, with about 50 arrests so far</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> has begun another targeted immigration crackdown, sending a surge of federal personnel to Maine, an ocean fishing state, in a plan dubbed by the government Operation Catch of the Day.</p><p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement">ICE</a>) is aiming the push at Somali immigrants living in the north-eastern state, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/maine-somali-immigration-enforcement.html">reporting by</a> the New York Times.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/trump-maine-ice-somali-immigration-crackdown">Continue reading...</a>
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