Posted on 01/21/2026 8:10:24 PM PST by Morgana
Donald Trump has ordered ICE agents to begin rounding up Somali migrants in Maine as part of the administration's latest immigration crackdown.
Federal agents are sweeping through the state's two largest cities, Portland and Lewiston, as the Department of Homeland Security announced 'Operation Catch of the Day' on Wednesday.
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 residents that ICE will begin ramping up its enforcement operations in the next few days.
Meanwhile, the US 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.
Amid outcry from local and state officials, Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills said aggressive immigration enforcement that violates civil rights are 'not welcome.'
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.
The presence of ICE agents in Portland is causing fear across immigrant communities, according to city council member Pious Ali, an immigrant of the West African nation of Ghana.
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Today’s catch:
Grilled Somali.
Leaving tomorrow.
Good!!!
Get these low-life, thieving basstids out of OUR country!!!!
This is a joke, right?
The sooner the better.
Not really, no.
I voted for this. Thank you President Trump. Keep up the good work and may God protect you and yours. And all the agents working for MAGA.
Pious Ali is a Portland City Councilor.
Better watch out for those Maine AWFULs. They look like lumberjacks.
And they have destroyed Maine’s government.
So are the powers that be gonna have to ship some troublemakers from Minneapolis to Maine?
Or do they have enough AWFULs of their own?
Clean that state up! One of the most beautiful states in the nation, and the left are turning it into a lawless foreign country pracrically!
THIS...is what I voted for!
We can all thank Catholic Charities. They got paid for each of the ‘refugees’ they brought in. We paid for our own fraud.
Excellent! Round ‘em up and ship ‘em out.
Sounds like a plan to me.
MAGA
Meanwhile, Trump has come out full amnesty for the bulk of the 50 million-plus illegals in the country currently.
Any cultish pom-pom plumping Freepers now going full RINO on the issue need to watch this Tucker episode:
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