"If we're going to provide guidance, let us be calm. Let us be leaders. If ICE has an issue with criminal aliens, let them actually be criminals."
"lead to outcomes neither party wished upon each other when they began the transaction."
"While we respect the law, we challenge the need for a paramilitary approach for the enforcement of federal statutes,"
"What we've been concerned with as a council is the enforcement tactics that ICE has undertaken in other communities, which, to our mind, appear to threaten and intimidate populations."
Portland city leaders urged residents to remain calm and act as accurate witnesses to federal immigration agents during a statewide ICE operation aimed at the most serious criminal undocumented immigrants. Leaders questioned ICE's characterization of Maine and challenged the use of paramilitary tactics for federal enforcement, stating such tactics appear to threaten and intimidate communities. Residents were warned that obstructing agents could produce undesirable outcomes and were encouraged to gather factual witness information to assist investigations. Several Portland schools reported attendance declines ranging from about 1 to more than 5 percentage points.
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