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ICE Launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' in Maine

ICE Launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' in Maine

    ICE Launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' in Maine
    Above: Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Feb. 21, 2025. Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

    The Spin

    Federal immigration enforcement in Maine's targets over 1,400 criminal foreign nationals, and sanctuary city policies directly enabled thesethousands of criminals to evade justice., Mills'so inflammatorynow rhetoricit's againstup professionalto ICEthis agentsfederal escalatesimmigration tensionsoperation andto endangersclean bothup law enforcement and the publicstate. Democrats created this crisis by blocking local cooperation with federal authorities, forcing increased federal presence that could have been avoided.

    TargetingThis operation is unconstitutionally targeting an entire community based on race and religion iswith unconstitutionalunnecessary discrimination masquerading as fraud investigation. Professional law enforcement doesn't require violent street sweeps that strip innocent people of dignity and civil liberties. TheThis administration refusesis transparency while deploying agents to blue cities, revealing this operation prioritizes political theater over legitimate enforcement.

    Metaculus Prediction

    There's a 49% chance that the United States will establish a government program rewarding information leading to deportations before Jan. 3, 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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