"The Trump administration has started an immigration enforcement operation in Maine, targeting Somali immigrants in the state, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the plans. The decision comes weeks after a similar operation in Minnesota incited protests and raised questions about the tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Thousands of officers and agents from the Department of Homeland Security were deployed there, and ICE's actions have come under significant scrutiny in the wake of the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis this month by an ICE officer."
""In the coming days, if Maine citizens seek to exercise their rights to assemble and protest, it is vital that these protests remain peaceful," said Andrew Benson, the U.S. attorney in the state. "Anyone who forcibly assaults or impedes a federal law enforcement officer, willfully destroys government property or unlawfully obstructs federal law enforcement activity commits a federal crime and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.""
The Trump administration launched an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Maine focusing on Somali immigrants, following a similar operation in Minnesota that provoked protests. The Minnesota deployment involved thousands of Department of Homeland Security officers and agents and prompted intensified scrutiny of ICE procedures after the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. A number of asylum-seekers from African countries who arrived during the Biden administration have settled in Maine, joining an established Somali community that began arriving in the early 2000s. Maine remains largely white with an older population, and some employers are recruiting immigrants to fill labor gaps. The U.S. attorney in Maine urged peaceful protest and warned that assaults or obstruction of federal law enforcement will be prosecuted.
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