New Law Limits when Police in Maine Can Work with Immigration Enforcement Agencies

New Maine law limits police cooperation with federal immigration officials

Maine's new 'ICE Out of Policing' law bars state and local law enforcement and jails from cooperating with ICE and Border Patrol on civil immigration enforcement.

New law limits when police in Maine can work with immigration enforcement agencies

Immigrant rights advocates said the new law, which takes effect Wednesday, will improve trust in Maine officials and ensure public safety, regardless of immigration status.

New law limits police in Maine from cooperating with immigration enforcement agencies

Immigrant rights advocates said the new law, which takes effect Wednesday, will improve trust in Maine officials and ensure public safety, regardless of immigration status.

Despite $13M stopgap, Maine’s public defense agency expects another funding shortfall • Maine Morning Star

The exterior of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services. (Photo courtesy of Jim Billings)Maine’s indigent defense agency is already projecting a $4 million shortfall for the upcoming year, three months after Maine lawmakers allocated $13 million in one-time emergency funding to help the agency pay contracted private attorneys.  The projected shortfall is due to years of chronic underfunding built into the Maine Commission on Public Defen…

New Maine laws will prohibit ICE from working with state facilities

Three new laws are set to take effect in Maine Wednesday that would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement in state facilities.