Bangor will preemptively comply with state law limiting ICE cooperation

Bangor will preemptively comply with state law limiting ICE cooperation

Bangor city councilors voted Monday to preemptively comply with a state law restricting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The state law, which bans law enforcement agencies from detaining or searching anyone for immigration enforcement purposes and providing certain types of information or assistance to federal immigration agencies, is expected to take effect in July after Gov. Janet Mills allowed it to become law without her sig…

Bangor City Councilor introduces ordinance to limit city employees’ ability to assist ICE – The Maine Campus

Bangor city councilor Michael Beck is backing a new “Employee Authority in Immigration Matters” ordinance to be debated on the Bangor City Council floor this Monday, March 9. This law would make sure that a neutral magistrate has reviewed all the facts of the case and signed a warrant before the police and state of Maine employees cooperate with, and share information about a person that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and B…