Trump unleashes ICE on Somalis in Maine as agents go door-to-door in huge roundup: ‘Operation Catch of the Day’
Donald Trump has ordered ICE agents to begin rounding up Somali migrants in Maine as part of the administration’s latest immigration crackdown.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that federal agents had launched ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ in Maine.
Immigration agents have begun roaming across the cities of Portland and Lewiston detaining undocumented Somali migrants.
Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin announced that agents had arrested multiple individuals on the first day of the operation.
Local officials in Maine’s two biggest cities are warning residence that ICE will begin ramping up its enforcement operations in the next few days.
Meanwhile, the U.S. attorney’s office in Maine warned citizens against impeding ICE agents from carrying out their operation.
‘Anyone who forcibly assaults or impedes a federal law enforcement officer, willfully destroys government property or unlawfully obstructs federal law enforcement activity commits a federal crime and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,’ said Andrew Benson, the US attorney in the state.
Maine received thousands of asylum refugees from African countries under the Biden administration. A sizeable Somali population has existed in the state since the early 2000s.
The immigration surge comes as thousands of ICE agents face consistent opposition from protesters in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of Renee Good.
