New restrictions on state involvement in immigration enforcement take effect Wednesday

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 1,394

Last Updated: 6 days, 3 hours ago

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As President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics face renewed scrutiny after the fatal shooting of a man in Biddeford, new Maine laws take effect Wednesday that prevent local resources and agencies from being used to support mass deportation efforts.

Local police and jails are restricted in how they can work with federal immigration agents, while those agents are now banned from entering non-public places within public schools, state libraries and certain hospitals without a judicial …

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