Immigration dominates first Maine U.S. Senate debate days after fatal shooting

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 1,085

Last Updated: 3 days, 17 hours ago

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All of the candidates vying for Maine’s Democratic U.S. Senate nomination called to eliminate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during their first debate Thursday night, three days after ICE shot and killed a 25-year-old in Biddeford.

Given that abolishing the agency is unlikely to happen during President Donald Trump’s administration, the candidates were pressed by moderators on what reforms they’d push for, and, again, there was largely uniformity in calling for requiring body …

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