WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has launched a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in the northeastern state of Maine.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that raids began this week under “Operation Catch of the Day”.
The ICE crackdown may be linked to the estimated 3-thousand Somali Americans, whom Trump has called “a very low IQ people.”
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The White House and Maine’s Democratic leadership have been at odds for some time.
ICE has been urged to adopt different tactics after the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota.