Overview
- Homeland Security says more than 200 people were arrested in five days but released few specifics and repeated the same four initial cases in updates.
- Immigration lawyers and some local officials report many detainees lack criminal records or are in lawful immigration processes.
- Legal advocates say at least eight Maine residents were transferred to Louisiana, with one account describing men sleeping in tents near an active tarmac with scarce food and no access to counsel.
- Gov. Janet Mills requests an in-person meeting with President Donald Trump to seek the withdrawal of ICE agents and demands warrants and real-time arrest information.
- Sen. Susan Collins asks DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to pause operations in Maine and Minnesota, calls for an independent investigation, and backs funding for body cameras and de-escalation training.