Effects linger, fear remains one week after apparent end of large-scale ICE operation in Maine

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 1,789

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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While heightened immigration enforcement appears to have subsided in Maine, the surge has left a lasting imprint on many communities, which continue to remain fearful as they shoulder economic impacts.

At the same time, arrests haven’t completely stopped, nor has immigration policy changed, leaving the more than 200 people the federal government says it detained during the large-scale operation in the state at the mercy of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Since Republican U.S. …

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