Following uproar over jails holding ICE detainees, lawmakers consider tweaking state law

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 1,353

Last Updated: 6 days, 11 hours ago

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Since President Donald Trump began ramping up immigration detentions, Maine’s largest jail has faced mounting pressure from community members to end its longstanding contract under which the federal government pays the facility to house its detainees.

But the Cumberland County Jail board of commissioners pushed off their decision, citing ambiguity as to whether they could refuse to hold federal detainees, regardless of the contract, because of a decades-old state law. Democratic legislators, …

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