A bill is heading to Governor Janet Mills that would make it illegal for anyone in state or local law enforcement to assist the federal government in a wide range of immigration enforcement activities.
Rep. Deqa Dhalac testifies in support of her anti-ICE bill, which she claims will "promote public safety for everyone."
— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) May 20, 2025
The bill prohibits a law enforcement agency from "stopping, investigating, interrogating, arresting or detaining a person for immigration enforcement… pic.twitter.com/GX6PujyJWM
According to reporting at The Maine Wire,
Maine law enforcement agencies are prohibited from using agency funds or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, stop, arrest, or search individuals for immigration enforcement purposes, including:
- Inquiring into a person’s immigration status.
- Detaining a person solely based on a hold request from an immigration authority.
- Providing non-public information about a person’s release date or personal details (e.g., home or work address) to immigration authorities.
- Making arrests based solely on a hold request.
- Assisting immigration authorities in activities under 8 U.S.C. § 1357(a)(3) (federal immigration enforcement powers).
- Performing the functions of an immigration authority.
In addition, Maine law enforcement agencies would be banned from placing officers under federal supervision or employing officers deputized as federal immigration officers for immigration enforcement.
This is excellent news for illegals in New Hampshire who are fearful of arrest, detention, and deportation. All you need to do is sneak across our Eastern Border into the Pine Tree State. Once there, Mainers in Vacationland will shower you with gifts and support, especially if you decide you’re transgender.
Steve Robinson adds that the bill is effectively a copy-and-paste of the Maine ACLUs’ wish list for anti-immigration enforcement policy. The net effect is a form of nullification in a state run by people who love Big Government and top-down central planning until it affects their displacement agenda.
A closing note to illegals who consider taking Maine up on its offer. Maine may try to protect you from ICE but they won’t do a damn thing to protect you from the gangs, drugs, crime, and thugs within your immigrant communities. We know for a fact that both legal and illegal immigrants suffer harshly as a result of the sorts of policies Maine is about to enact into law.
Policing these neighborhoods will decline to ensure public safety does not find itself caught in an awkward political situation, and the minorities in these places will suffer for that, along with fewer resources, overcrowding, declining educational outcomes, on top of the likely rise in crime, drugs, human trafficking, and overdose deaths.
Oh, and Maine will lose federal funding for almost everything, especially policing.
