A message from the Hancock Country Democrats:
Background: Several sources have suggested today that ICE plans to visit Maine very soon, like in the next week or so, sending in several hundred agents the way they did in Minnesota. Immigrant communities such as in Lewiston need to be taking precautions in case the raids come.
Check out this source: https://www.aclumaine.org/preparingforice/
And read Shay Stewart-Bouley’s post https://shaystewartbouley.substack.com/p/coldest-ice-nah-it-will-probably where she says: “I say this as someone in Portland, Maine, area, where ICE is expected to arrive in force very soon (I guess they wanted their matched pair of coastal Portlands to terrorize after messing around in Oregon). Supposedly, they will be here “only” a week, but I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Action: Do what you can to help, and stay safe. Do not under any circumstances give the Trump administration any excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act. Janet Mills might consider stopping her campaign long enough to implement some protective actions – call her. She’s a friend of Governor Pritzker, maybe he can give her some pointers. Videos of whatever goes down will be very important.
See this reference. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/yes-you-have-right-film-ice
And tell our delegation to get the heck home and protect their constituents! Especially Jared Golden, or his legacy will be one of complicity with an attempted fascist takeover.
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Contact:
Phone for Governor Mills’ office:
main phone number
(207) 287-3531
Senator Angus King
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292
Senator Susan Collins
DC: (202) 224-2523
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019
Waterville: (207) 873-5713
Congressman Jared Golden
DC: (202) 225-6306
Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767
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