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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-launches-operation-catch-day-enforcement-   
   action-maine/story?id=129428764   
      
   The Department of Homeland Security has now picked another state on which   
   to focus its immigration enforcement action: Maine.   
      
   On Wednesday, DHS launched "Operation Catch of the Day" -- an operation   
   targeting criminal illegal migrants in the state, according to a DHS   
   spokesperson.   
      
   Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin singled out Maine Gov. Janet   
   Mills, a Democrat, and "her fellow sanctuary politicians" for prompting   
   the need for the federal immigration crackdown in Maine.   
      
   "We have launched Operation Catch of the Day to target the worst of the   
   worst criminal illegal aliens in the state. On the first day of   
   operations, we arrested illegal aliens convicted of aggravated assault,   
   false imprisonment, and endangering the welfare of a child," McLaughlin   
   said in a statement. "Under President Trump and [DHS] Secretary [Kristi]   
   Noem, we are no longer allowing criminal illegal aliens to terrorize   
   American citizens."   
      
   It was not immediately clear how long DHS plans to keep U.S. Immigration   
   and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine or if the Customs and Border   
   Protection agents currently operating in Minneapolis will move to Maine.   
      
   Mills, who has had previous run-ins with President Donald Trump over the   
   past year, is running for the U.S. Senate.   
      
   In a statement released on Monday, Andrew Benson, the U.S. attorney for   
   the District of Maine, said people have the right to protest, but not turn   
   to violence, and seemed to indicate a DHS operation was coming.   
      
   "In the coming days, if Maine citizens seek to exercise their rights to   
   assemble and protest, it is vital that these protests remain peaceful,"   
   Benson said. "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.   
      
   There was no immediate comment from Mills on the ICE operation in Maine.   
   But in a Jan. 14 video statement released on social media, Mills said she   
   and members of her administration had unsuccessfully attempted to glean   
   any information about the federal government's enforcement plans in her   
   state.   
      
   Mills said the state was taking proactive steps to prepare for the   
   immigration crackdown.   
      
   "I have directed the Maine State Police to work closely with local law   
   enforcement as necessary, to provide whatever support is needed in advance   
   of and during any potential federal operations," Mills said.   
      
   She said her administration had also been in contact with city officials   
   in Portland and Lewiston, the largest cities in Maine, as well as the   
   state attorney general, "to coordinate our response."   
      
   "If any operations take place, our goal as always will be to protect the   
   safety and the rights of the people of Maine," Mills said. "Look, Maine   
   knows what good law enforcement looks like because our law enforcement are   
   held to high professional standards, they undergo substantial professional   
   training, and they are accountable to the law. And I'll tell you this,   
   they don't wear a mask to shield their identities, and they don't arrest   
   people in order to fill a quota."   
      
   Mills said she fully supported the right for the people of her state to   
   protest, as long as they do so peacefully.   
      
   She also directed a message to the federal government.   
      
   "If your plan is to come here to be provocative and to undermine the civil   
   rights of Maine residents, do not be confused. Those tactics are not   
   welcome here," she said.   
      
   Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline slammed ICE in a statement on Wednesday,   
   saying the agency's "terror and intimidation tactics reflect a complete   
   lack of humanity and concern for basic human welfare."   
      
   "These masked men with no regard for the rule of law are causing long-term   
   damage to our state and to our country," Sheline said. "Lewiston stands   
   for the dignity of all the people who call Maine home. We will never stop   
   caring for our neighbors."   
      
      
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